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Originally Posted by tdd1984
I am a pro 
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"While the dazzling array of different professions renders a definition of
a profession difficult" (Friedson, 1986), the legacy of structuralfunctional
research suggests that features of a profession include:
• a body of abstract and specialized knowledge
• a professional’s autonomy over their labour process
• self-regulation by the profession
• legal rights restricting those who can practice
• control of the supply and licensing of practitioners by the professional
body;
• altruism
• and the enjoyment of high status within society.
• Such characteristics form an ‘ideal type’ of professional labour – one
which is rarely observed in professions themselves.
Can you really say you are a professional? What is your status in society? Do you have legal rights allowing you to practise your profession? For example, are you a chartered accountant? Not just anybody can do a large companys accounts. The law restricts this to professionals. What is your profession? Who is your governing body? In which ways does your occupational group allow you to lay claim to "professional" status? Tell me these things instead of saying "I am a pro", completely disregarding the mountains of work which has been done by people such as Durkheim and Parsons & Tawney to even define the term "profession".