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What happened to secondary education being first about making well-rounded citizens ? And writing a thesis being about the intellectual challenge of pushing int
by BlueTemplar 3y ago
What happened to secondary education being first about making well-rounded citizens ? And writing a thesis being about the intellectual challenge of pushing into new territory ? Should only a very very few chosen people be allowed that one ?! What is this elitist bullshit !?!
Forgive my anger, but I was expecting at least some argument against that position, but it has just been... ignored.
Finally, yeah, a ~decade ago things seemed grim on the publishing bullshit side, but now it seems like we are seeing the end of the tunnel, they even give an example towards the end. (Ditto for search engines, I would have agreed merely a year ago, but same thing with the likes of Kagi and the EU finally starting to flex its power against GAFAMs...)
- jackcosgrove 3y agoI do agree that bildung should be available to everyone. However, when you're paying $90,000 a year to go to college (not a typo this year at some places) it's only fair to expect some sort of return. If universities wish to restore the life of the mind, they should make it cheaper to pursue. That's not a jab at the faculty. That's a jab at the administrators.
- BlueTemplar 3y agoI was expecting this, and I feel almost sorry for springing this trap, but this is just not a relevant concern for most people involved : while college is certainly a time when money is tight (an important part of the bildung itself I would say), most people concerned do NOT have to pay ridiculous amounts like these (and are often even being paid for attending, if their parents are poor enough) : Ivy League in particular is just a drop in the ocean with regards to the education of first world(ish) citizenry.