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It may be insane but it is the state of things. Lawyers, doctors, nurses, engineers, and teachers are all educated at universities. These are the people who c
by Teever 6y ago
It may be insane but it is the state of things.
Lawyers, doctors, nurses, engineers, and teachers are all educated at universities.
These are the people who create our standards bodies that dictate how the rest of society functions. Whether it's the legal system, the standards regarding medical practices, the standards regarding electrical and mechanical safety our entire society is built on the education and credentials that these people receive from attending university.
Think about this: Nearly every single person if not every single one that you have ever met was taught to read by a university educated teacher. If they were home-schooled, their syllabus was likely prepared by a university educated teacher.
We are all literate and numerate because of university educated teachers. That fact alone proves that university is (for better or worse) is a cornerstone of all human endeavours.
- barry-cotter 6y ago> We are all literate and numerate because of university educated teachers. That fact alone proves that university is (for better or worse) is a cornerstone of all human endeavours. No. People were literate and numerate for millennia before universities existed. Universities are not necessary preconditions for literacy or numeracy. At least 10% of children are able to read before they start school at all because their parents taught them. The first society with near universal literacy, Puritan New England did so without any universities and their teachers were in the large majority not university educated.
- Teever 6y agoWe are talking about contemporary society. Of course people were literate before universities were invented. Writing predates universities.
- barry-cotter 6y agoThen what are you trying to say? If we agree that universities are unnecessary for literacy or numeracy then university is no more a cornerstone of contemporary societies than supermarkets or libraries.
- Teever 6y agoI was under the impression that we were having a discussion in good faith. It appears that this is not the case. Good day Barry.