> Simon does not "know", what a classical general education is and what it is supposed to provide This still raises the question: is the education Simon is get

> Simon does not "know", what a classical general education is and what it is supposed to provide This still raises the question: is the education Simon is getting at McGill actually providing this? I strongly suspect the answer is "no", since almost no college now actually provides what a "classical general education" is supposed to provide. Particularly if one is getting a CS degree. That's a specific credential for a specific career path, and the education that comes with it is focused on that. > an environment that considers academic knowledge and research as valuable as ends, not means. This again raises the question: is any college now actually such an environment? Certainly the governments that pay for the research don't view it as an end, they view it as a means. After decades of that system, that attitude has percolated down to the professors and students.