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Mercnbeth -> RE: Trying to Understand What Went Wrong (12/30/2008 6:59:39 AM)
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Thanks for providing your 'deep' perspective in light of my shallow cynicism. I speak derogatorily about universities based upon my experience as a student, teacher, parent of college grad, parent of college student, and employer of college graduates.
Your response supposes to speak of universities, but everything you sited comes from advanced degrees and hard science NOT undergraduate and definitely NOT the liberal 'arts'; where social engineering, and agenda based philosophy is being taught. Of the handful of people who designed nuclear weapons none were teaching a comparative religions of the world course, or attending them either. On the pharmacy side, at least some creative minds are at work creating diseases for the 'must have' drugs replacing cigarettes as nuisance TV ads; but again, these are at the graduate level.
Reality isn't divorced from the reality when 2+2=4 is taught. It is when 2+2 is taught to equal anything the subject believes it does because of socio economic 'disabilities' assigned to 'underprivileged' youth. When a professor announces that no male in your course can get an 'A' in an elective 'Womans Study' course because its imposable for them to relate to the struggle the woman in the class have endured in their life.
My cynicism is deep regarding the lack of merit and value assigned to a college degree. Graduates coming to me for jobs and interviewing support that cynical view.
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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster
I don't "have a problem" with your perspective (though I find the cynicism somewhat shallow); I've just noticed post after post in which you say derogatory things about universities, and it has started to strike me as bizarre.
Anyway, for what it's worth, I disagree that universities are divorced from "reality." Who do you think designed the first nuclear bombs? Mostly physicists at universities. And where would the pharmaceutical industry be without the complicity (yes, complicity) of medical schools? I can't think of too much that reflects "reality" more than nuclear bombs and drug companies.
And now back to the thread.
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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth
It's a wonderful learning experience. You can see absolute power corrupting absolutely. You learn to manipulate by writing papers, not based upon your belief, but the beliefs of the pseudo-intellectuals. It helps when you have to work for someone and know that if you do exactly what you are being told it won't work for anything other than a paycheck. In college that paycheck is a grade, but it applies just as well to business reality. It is one of the few things about college that reflects reality.
Hell, I taught at the college level and appreciate the value of the education provided; especially about what not to do.
Why do you have a problem with that perspective enough to attempt to hijack this thread?
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