Posted on 04/01/2024 3:38:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Okay, to be fair, “beware” kind of applies to all of academia at this point, but I think this one is worth mentioning, and I happened upon it by chance:
‘New’ refers to the improbability of any one discipline or mode of thinking (e.g. Marxism, postmodernism) producing similar results, and that ‘no one (other than the interdisciplinarian) takes responsibility for studying the complex problem, object, text, or system that falls between the disciplines or that transcends them’ (Repko & Szostak, 2016, p. 324).
This passage comes from a 2020 college textbook, the Third Edition of Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies by Allen F. Repko, Rick Szostak, and Michelle Phillips Buchberger. Now briefly, for context, before I get to my main point: Interdisciplinary studies, per (leftist) academe, is the contemporary “solution” to the modern world’s societal issues. While there’s still a place in society and policy-making for the traditional disciplinarian specialists of yesteryear — the engineer and the mathematician — only the interdisciplinarian will be able to see the big picture, and offer the “more comprehensive understanding” of a particular problem or concern. The engineer and the mathematician only have their focused expertise to offer; they are but “blind men” unable to take in the full scope because of their narrow (read: narrow-minded) training.
When an engineer reveals that there have been serious breaches in quality control at Boeing it is the interdisciplinarian who takes into account Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (which is equally as important as mechanical engineering) and asserts that yes, quality control is necessary, but even more so are the anti-racism and anti-bigotry initiatives of DIE.
When a mathematician points out crime statistics, disproportionately indicting a certain protected class, it is the interdisciplinarian who draws from their political science training
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The USA is starting to look more and more like the Soviet Union.
It’s not an accident.
The use of the word “studies” proves academic insufficiency.
The use of the world “racist” proves that one has no argument.
The use of the word “gender” proves that one is lying up their Obamahole.
The use of the term “Democrat” means that they are ultra-leftists with extreme symptoms of nastiness and feelings of incompetency.
Leftists are masters at word m**turbation. What other talent do they have?
When you ENROLL into a college, and pick your MAJOR; there are a list of classes that are REQUIRED. When you enroll, it’s under that year’s curriculum; it’s a contract. You take and pass the classes listed - you earn your degree.
If you decide to take a bunch of other classes, it’s your money - that class may or may not help you at all towards that degree. So, this is where the adult in the room is supposed to stop and think. Does this class benefit me towards the purpose of graduating from college with my degree; or is this a waste of time and money.
You are free to pursue “waste of time” classes at any point in your life, but do you want them postponing the start of your intended career? Classes on Victimhood studies probably won’t help you get your Engineering or other STEM degree.
They claim to be conceptual thinkers, many of them. Most of their intersections are meaningless. Irrelevant or just plain false.
Or how I heard someone else put it years ago: Science and math courses are there to teach you science and math courses. Liberal arts courses are there to teach you that you need the liberal arts course. LOL
(Maybe that shouldn't apply to MBA courses, which I believe are liberal arts degrees. But you get the point.)
The above passage reminds me of my Biology teacher in HS. She called on me and I attempted to answer the question. She looked at me and said, “Class this response is a perfect example of BS.” She was pretty upset with me.
They have become “Intersectional Studies”.
They need to DIE.
Producing quality BS is a skill.
It takes practice, practice, practice.
“We will bury you”
—Nikita Khruschev
(While probably NOT considering an invasion of Illegal Aliens)...
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