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This was very painful to read. Thanks for sharing. It hits a nerve to hear someone say, "I start to develop a faint feeling that I sleep better at night when I
by bigomega 1y ago
This was very painful to read. Thanks for sharing. It hits a nerve to hear someone say, "I start to develop a faint feeling that I sleep better at night when I play along and nod approvingly to things I don't actually agree with instead of being pigheaded."
Look what they've made us do.
- 20after4 1y agoIt seems to me that instilling conformity and obedience to authority are the true purpose higher education. (Also, tolerance and acceptance when faced with many arbitrary roadblocks.)
- attila-lendvai 1y ago...of institutionalized schooling in general, from kindergarten to higher ed.
- walterbell 1y ago> conformity and obedience to authority are the true purpose higher education In times of surplus/peace, perhaps. In times of competition/conflict, results are needed.
- 20after4 1y agoSeems to me that obedience is emphasized even more during war/conflict.
- walterbell 1y agoWar/conflict requires loyalty and competence, not performative obedience. https://www.jstor.org/stable/382389 https://www.jstor.org/stable/382389 > The French engineering schools which were developed immediately after the French Revolution were sui generis in the field of education. Their astonishing success caused them to become known as the grandes écoles of Paris. They included the Ecole Polytechnique, the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, the Ecole des Mines, and the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manu-factures. It was these schools that set the tone and the fundamental pattern of engineering education in the United States as it is known today.