Question: What's a Good Question?

Townhall.com ^ | January 8, 2017 | Debra J. Saunders

[DoodleDawg]

I would be mildly surprised if the new conference on the 11th actually happens.

[generally]

Great point.

Have you noticed that whenever you ask a kid (middle school, high school, college) what they want to be when they grow up or what they want to study the answer is nearly ALWAYS “I want to make a difference”? I’m pretty sure that 99% of them are parroting this answer because that’s what everyone else says and I’m also pretty sure that they were brainwashed into this by the liberal teachers. It is such a non-answer. But it SOUNDS great. It sounds important, significant. It can mean “I have no idea, so I’ll fill the space with this answer.” Or it can mean “I majored in some crap subject with no future, so I can’t say anything concrete like ‘chemical engineer’ or ‘doctor’”. Also, it seems to imply “I am so eager and earnest that someone should hire me for a lot of money so I can be in charge of telling people how to make the world better. Like Chelsea Clinton.”

[generally]

T-C, Great list!

It should be heeded, and not just by kids pestering their parents.

A line that made me laugh was “There are no stupid questions. Only stupid people who ask them.”

PP, I think you nailed it.

[generally]

Exactly right.

I have nothing against a press corps that asks the President tough questions, but a partisan press corps that seeks only to flatter Democrats and tear down Republicans is not a real press corps. It’s a subversive organization. In addition those who are just grandstanding or looking for viewers, clickbait, subscribers can also go pound sand.

There is a difference between the press and entertainment. Most of the MSM is either subversive or else a step away from being TMZ.

[BobL]

Thanks, but I give credit to Rush for pointing out the same years ago.

As I see it, there’s no problem in “wanting to make a difference” for nearly all college majors. If you want to be an engineer and design the biggest bridge, have at it. If you want to write plays that move people, even motivate them politically, have at it. And certainly so for political science majors.

But when you say you want to be a ‘journalist’, it is perceived more as a vocation, rather than a creative field. Ask most people what they expect an electrician to do, and they’ll say install wires and equipment safely per the electrical code. They won’t say invent new ways of wiring buildings, as they are simply not educated to do that. Similarly for a journalist - their degree should really be a simple two year degree, where they show a command for English and learn the mechanics of the job...once it became a 4 year degree, it was a lost cause for our side.