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The point of a liberal education is to help the student understand the world around them. Somewhere along the way, many colleges realized it was lucrative to co
by lern_too_spel 1y ago
The point of a liberal education is to help the student understand the world around them. Somewhere along the way, many colleges realized it was lucrative to convince people that the point of a liberal education is to engage in frivolous hobbies considered valuable by the people who share those hobbies, and millions of people with worthless "educations" are now suffering for it. That's what clubs are for.
- gausswho 1y agoOut of many a frivolous hobby doth spring the rarest kernels of civilizational triumphs.
- lern_too_spel 1y agoThis is true, but society should not encourage young people to accumulate crushing debt to do hobbies.
- gausswho 1y agoNo arguments on the crushing debt. A strange peculiarity for the wealthiest economy on Earth.
- ryandrake 1y agoRoot problem seems to be employers should not gatekeep employment over a certificate showing you accumulated crushing debt to do academic hobbies.
- dsr_ 1y agoEnd that sentence with a period after debt and I'll agree entirely. America has a possibly fatal case of capitalism.