“But, for better or worse, colleges are the trade schools of today.“
You lost me here
Read the headline and the article. That’s the topic
Look at the election we just had. The so called president e just had.
Wool
At our culture
Look at the most popular movie right now
The state of our education system
What kids are getting taught
Look at the price of college. A trade school for $30 k per year?
What trades are they getting taught
They can’t read a book
For educated kids today, books are obsolete relics providing information that is not relevant to the immediate tasks at hand. The required information to permit living and acting is provided in endless sources immediately on hand with their lap tops or ubiquitous handheld computers called phones.
Yes, trade school. What I mean is that most college students today don’t have lofty ideas about receiving a classical education.
They just want jobs. They want to afford a house one day and raise a family. So, they pick majors they hope will get them employed, such as nursing or computer science.
Humanities students might study Latin or Greek mythology, but not many jobs are available for those degrees.
I have to say, I’ve never met a college student who could not read. I suspect the students who complain about reading an entire novel just don’t want to read it.