Posted on 12/16/2010 4:52:16 AM PST by Kaslin
Ahhhh, sorry I misunderstood you my FRiend :)
The fact is that you knew what you were doing with your liberal arts and "fine tuned it". Perhaps a teaching degree to go along with it? Teaching degrees are BA's. Perhaps you are teaching without a teaching degree...... even more power to you because you apparently have the skills anyway.
Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I particularly noted this: “However, the notion that universities should be trade schools is also abhorrent.” From some of the arguments put forth by the “engineering degrees or nothing” crowd, that would be my answer to them, i.e., then engineering and similar disciplines should be taught in a trade school environment. After all, that’s how we turn out doctors.
I know that I am veering away from your statement that universities should not be trade schools and I totally agree. Some Freepers just don’t understand the need to learn more than just engineering principles.
I attended college from 1962 to 1966, and thankfully, I was not subjected to any ideological lectures.
When I took the law school exam I noted that some questions had references to ancient Greek history and Western European history. I was later told that the reason for is that law schools do not to turn out lawyers who know only law. They want well-rounded graduates. This is the thing that the Freepers who yell “engineering, engineering” seem to not understand.
Good art may not be relevant to your situation. If hungry, I would rather have a hamburger than a copy of the Mona Lisa.
Not only that; they are running a fair amount of industry as well, which is why the culture is going this way. Higher ups want instant gratification for items in which it is impossible to achieve. I see it all the time, everywhere I look - bigger companies are much worse, but it’s getting rough all over.
Obviously material life needs would have to be met first. But life out of a cyberpunk novel isn’t my idea of living.
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