I was not aware that Texas U. Is a homeschool. However, public school never entered into the picture. She is very patriotic too thanks to her well rounded homeschool which PRECEEDED college. Who knows, maybe she will place a flag in her old classroom next week. I think I will suggest it.
I suspected that you never voted. You actually have to beleive in a candidate in order to vote. Chirac won't be running here I don't suppose.
Well good day to you. Stick around FR you might learn something.
My point earlier was that higher education, especially the university, is a different animal from other schools. Universities are about many things -- disciplinarity (like getting a degree in chemistry) -- but they are also about producing "well rounded" citizens. By that I mean people who are fully literate, critical thinking, and self-examining citizens. We don't expect these character traits from high school students.
It's not that I haven't wanted to vote. I am a permanent resident in the U.S. so I can't vote. But I've never voted in Canada either.
Anyway, my role in life is not politics, but in creating these "well-rounded" citizens I speak of above.
I do learn some things from Free Republic, but then again I learn from all experience. I read avidly (a couple hundred books a year). I read in all disciplines and from all points of view. My official job title at UCF is "generalist" so I must be current on the latest research in a number of fields -- cultural studies, computers and writing, composition, literary theory, popular culture, film theory and history. I also study science, mathematics, computer science, philosophy, art, music, psychology, and education and work with faculty from all of these field on teaching and research projects.
I think my generalist approach pays off big time. This year, for example, UCF produced the first Rhodes Scholar in its history. I mentored the student for four years. You probably think I "indoctrinated" him. Well, if that's indoctrination, UCF sure would like me to do more of it!
If you want to see the kinds of things I do, see my webpage -
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~bmauer