I was one of those rare kids who really wanted to go to college to learn. I was lucky enough to go to an elite school that at the time really did have a good, solid, liberal arts program. I did learn so much and it was well worth it, imo.
BUT....I didn't really want any of the jobs that degree could have led to. I just wanted the learning opportunity, not the chance to go to law school or join the corporate rat race. I tried the academic track, but found it to be venal and corrupt. Fortunately, I graduated without debt, so my four years of learning things didn't leave me with a financial burden.
The school I went to has since turned into a woke joke, and I wouldn't recommend anyone go there now. It's horrible.
But I do think that there is a place and a need for good old fashioned liberal arts learning for kids who want it. I saddens me that higher education is so awful and expensive and that those who want the traditional liberal arts opportunity will have a hard time finding it.
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Re: Reconciliation?
Date: 2022-08-12 05:14 pm (UTC)I was one of those rare kids who really wanted to go to college to learn. I was lucky enough to go to an elite school that at the time really did have a good, solid, liberal arts program. I did learn so much and it was well worth it, imo.
BUT....I didn't really want any of the jobs that degree could have led to. I just wanted the learning opportunity, not the chance to go to law school or join the corporate rat race. I tried the academic track, but found it to be venal and corrupt. Fortunately, I graduated without debt, so my four years of learning things didn't leave me with a financial burden.
The school I went to has since turned into a woke joke, and I wouldn't recommend anyone go there now. It's horrible.
But I do think that there is a place and a need for good old fashioned liberal arts learning for kids who want it. I saddens me that higher education is so awful and expensive and that those who want the traditional liberal arts opportunity will have a hard time finding it.