Response from: David Foster (Check me out!)

You wouldn't want to take flight training from someone who didn't know how to fly, but you might find non-flying people who could help with some aspects of your learning process. An air traffic controller, for example, could provide you with a valuable perspective, and so could a mechanic or an aeronautical engineer. Similarly, there should be room in the business curriculum for *some* people who have never been practicing businesspeople. The problem is that there are just too many of them, and too few of the other kind.

Response from: Jim Logan (Check me out!)

This is a very interesting comment and observation you made. It suggests there is greater value in having "walked in your shoes." I agree.