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I think the pure purpose of a university should be to mould students into critical thinkers and innovative mindset that would ultimately add value to the societ
by sajithdilshan 4mo ago
I think the pure purpose of a university should be to mould students into critical thinkers and innovative mindset that would ultimately add value to the society so they can contribute back as tax payers to help the next generation.
The cycle breaks if the university suddenly produces a group of people that cannot contribute in any meaningful way back. In that case it’s totally fair to ask where did we go wrong and how can we fix it and get back on track rather than trying to keep the broken system
- jfengel 4mo agoIt depends on who gets to define "meaningful". There are a lot of things that I think are meaningful that you probably don't. And while many would say that STEM automatically qualifies, I don't think that really holds up to scrutiny.
- sajithdilshan 4mo agoI think it’s quite easy to decide. If the students at the end of the study can contribute to the society as tax payers to fund the next generation, then what they have studied is meaningful. It doesn’t have to be STEM necessarily.
- pocksuppet 4mo agoWhy is tax payment the only possible contribution to society?
- sajithdilshan 4mo agoWhat other ways of contributions do you have in mind that can fund the education of the next generation?
- pocksuppet 4mo agoFor example, you could teach them things. But why is funding the education of the next generation the only possible contribution to society?
- sajithdilshan 4mo agoWhat do you mean by things? Maybe give few examples