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There are other things you need to learn beside what's in books, like how to live on your own, be responsible for your actions and so forth. Living away from th
by pbz 17y ago
There are other things you need to learn beside what's in books, like how to live on your own, be responsible for your actions and so forth. Living away from the nest can be helpful in learning these things. I don't understand why this would make you "crazy."
- davetroy 17y agoI am not suggesting that people shouldn't move out of their parents' house. I do think, however, that the system is built in such a way that a false-choice of specialty encourages people to move outside of their native regions for no particular reason. Staying within a region is not the same as saying that someone should continue to live with their parents. Undoubtedly we have too much of that right now.
- gfodor 17y agoRight. Another big thing I didn't mention explicitly is that college exposes students to people outside their comfort zone. Cross pollination of ideas and culture are hugely important if we want to stamp out racism, ignorance, and intolerance.
- coryrc 17y agoFrom your comment, it seems your political indoctrination is more important than cost (monetarily, level of quality, breaking of relationships, etc) of an education.
- gfodor 17y agoAnd where in gods name did you extract the notion of political indoctrination from my comment? So is it now the case that suggesting people should take an opportunity to live in new places around new people is considered a political statement or one that suggests that that experience is itself indoctrination?
- _delirium 17y agoDoes that actually happen, though? To a large extent, colleges are socioeconomically segregated much like high-schools are. Rich kids from private schools go to the Ivy League, poor kids go to state school or community college.
- bmj 17y agoCan't one do this without going tens of thousands into debt (unless one has scholarships or grants)?