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What an awful worldview to think that someone could be too young to ask questions about their place in this universe. Or that they’re somehow incapable of appre

What an awful worldview to think that someone could be too young to ask questions about their place in this universe. Or that they’re somehow incapable of appreciating them. I, for one, hope you never have any say in someone’s education.

throwawa14223 3y ago
I wish the poster above had more of a say in my education. Quite a bit of my education was wasted on the humanities.
- Nevermark 3y ago
  Perhaps a better advisor for you could have helped you with your path, without the collateral cost of shutting down other’s opportunities. A good advisor, formal or personal, can make a lifetime of difference. If there was ever a low cost, high return opportunity for improvement it would be treating student advising with much greater priority and seriousness.
- distortionfield 3y ago
  No, the humanities were wasted on _you_.
  - throwawa14223 3y ago
    I paid for the privilege of instructor after instructor ranting about 'dead white men' and 'deconstructing the canon' and other equally made up topics. I cannot imagine a person who could be considered better off by the humanities classes I was forced to take. Reading the western classics without help was far more beneficial and orders of magnitude cheaper.
    - distortionfield 3y ago
      > I cannot imagine a person Well there’s your problem. Your lack of imagination and empathy is not the world’s responsibility to cure.
      - throwawa14223 3y ago
        Empathy is radically overrated. It leads to manipulation.
- beej71 3y ago
  On the other hand, I have a BS and MS and wish there had been more room in my major for humanities. And that I'd appreciated better that which I did take.
RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y ago
> What an awful worldview to think that someone could be too young to ask questions about their place in this universe. Or that they’re somehow incapable of appreciating them. I mentioned that students should get their humanities grounding in high school. I think trying to push further in college is a waste. What major life experiences have you had at 19 vs 17. Especially if you compare the experiences of getting a job, getting married, having kids.
- distortionfield 3y ago
  > What major life experiences have you had at 19 vs 17. My best friend died when I was 19. Im honestly flabbergasted that anyone would think that any period of time was not worth studying the humanities. If anything, that period of time was maybe the most valuable time to study those in my whole life. It just screams ignorance to add brackets to life experiences. Who are you to classify when and where someone’s life experiences happen?
  - RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y ago
    What would you have learned in 1 year of humanities studying that you didn’t learn in 4 years of humanities is high school, that would have made a huge difference? In addition, for such traumatic life events, it is community and relationships that help, more than any particular knowledge. I am not for banning books. I just don’t think that 18-22 year olds benefit as a cohort from spending intensive time studying the humanities, when they could be studying all sorts of other things. By all means read books, talk with friends, meditate, contemplate , read and write poetry. But to devote 4 years of your life from 18-22 as the primary means, is a waste.

throwawa14223 3y ago

I wish the poster above had more of a say in my education. Quite a bit of my education was wasted on the humanities.

Nevermark 3y ago
Perhaps a better advisor for you could have helped you with your path, without the collateral cost of shutting down other’s opportunities. A good advisor, formal or personal, can make a lifetime of difference. If there was ever a low cost, high return opportunity for improvement it would be treating student advising with much greater priority and seriousness.
distortionfield 3y ago
No, the humanities were wasted on _you_.
- throwawa14223 3y ago
  I paid for the privilege of instructor after instructor ranting about 'dead white men' and 'deconstructing the canon' and other equally made up topics. I cannot imagine a person who could be considered better off by the humanities classes I was forced to take. Reading the western classics without help was far more beneficial and orders of magnitude cheaper.
  - distortionfield 3y ago
    > I cannot imagine a person Well there’s your problem. Your lack of imagination and empathy is not the world’s responsibility to cure.
    - throwawa14223 3y ago
      Empathy is radically overrated. It leads to manipulation.
beej71 3y ago
On the other hand, I have a BS and MS and wish there had been more room in my major for humanities. And that I'd appreciated better that which I did take.

RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y ago

> What an awful worldview to think that someone could be too young to ask questions about their place in this universe. Or that they’re somehow incapable of appreciating them. I mentioned that students should get their humanities grounding in high school. I think trying to push further in college is a waste. What major life experiences have you had at 19 vs 17. Especially if you compare the experiences of getting a job, getting married, having kids.

distortionfield 3y ago
> What major life experiences have you had at 19 vs 17. My best friend died when I was 19. Im honestly flabbergasted that anyone would think that any period of time was not worth studying the humanities. If anything, that period of time was maybe the most valuable time to study those in my whole life. It just screams ignorance to add brackets to life experiences. Who are you to classify when and where someone’s life experiences happen?
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y ago
  What would you have learned in 1 year of humanities studying that you didn’t learn in 4 years of humanities is high school, that would have made a huge difference? In addition, for such traumatic life events, it is community and relationships that help, more than any particular knowledge. I am not for banning books. I just don’t think that 18-22 year olds benefit as a cohort from spending intensive time studying the humanities, when they could be studying all sorts of other things. By all means read books, talk with friends, meditate, contemplate , read and write poetry. But to devote 4 years of your life from 18-22 as the primary means, is a waste.