Starving the Soul on Campus When Computer Science Replaces the Classics

Townhall.com ^ | August 15, 2014 | Suzanne Fields

[familyop]

"What the hell are you talking about?"

You asked for it. I was in an English program. The Chairman of the Dept. died from AIDS. The most influential instructor was a state N.O.W. president. Is that enough, or do you want to see more? Furthermore, the pathologies in English and liberal arts programs are common knowledge, and your begged question stands in contrast to that.

[Mamzelle]

Better learn business

Than to be force fed crap like

Maya Angelou

The English major in the sixties and even the early seventies was a decent major--you learned to write and think by studying great writers and thinkers. No point with what passes for the Modern Novel--I met an English master's degree a few years back…never read a play by Shakespeare--not one!!

[Kaslin]

excellent point

[Paladin2]

97% of economists rarely agree on anything.

[DuncanWaring]

The classics were killed, but not by computer science. They were killed by political correctness, deconstructionism and multiculturalism.

More specifically, Womyn's Studies, Black Studies, Queer Studies, Chicano Studies, and the like.

[Borges]

So was I...including at the Master’s level. There was no shrotage of left wing rhetoric but there was no male bashing. I came out just as healthy as I went in.

[SuziQ]

You can get assistance in learning, without having to attend classes at a four year college campus. If you want to learn a trade, you can do so through an apprenticeship, or a community college, or even a trade school. Then if you really want to educate yourself, you can do so on your own dime, when you get the urge to do so, getting help with the understanding of those disciplines when needed.

Not everyone NEEDS a degree from a four year college in order to get ahead in life.

[Sherman Logan]

I agree.

[JoeFromSidney]

Not everyone NEEDS a degree from a four year college in order to get ahead in life.

I fully agree. My only point is that some things are best learned from an expert, rather than trying to learn them on your own. I would prefer that an auto mechanic learned from an experienced mechanic, rather than simply reading the manufacturer's manual.