Any college student here?

[decem]

You are still a fucking goon i see.

you are still a fucking dillhole i see.

 

[WODIN]

This thread is just so full of love, compassion and mutual admiration it makes me want to have a group hug.

 

[decem]

hug my nuts old man.

 

[musclebrains]

The idea that a great number of people who have led successful lives and made meaningful contributions to society did so without any philosophical or literary background/inspiration will come as an equally great surprise to you.

The idea that many of those libertarians, founding fathers, and scientists extracted something of worth from said literature did so outside the classroom environment (i.e. on their own) will come as an equally great surprise to you.

The idea that there are more professions in the world today that do not require any philosophical or literary background far outnumber those that do will come as an equally great surprise to you.

Shall I reaffirm my claim? Yes I shall: the teaching of literature and philosophy is NOT meaningful to society. Those who can find inspiration in literature or philosophy can do so OUTSIDE of the classroom environment, and if they are interested, WILL. Those who DO NOT, however, have any interest, and will not find any inspiration in, literature or philosophy (i.e. me and 23908932052343232324 others), and do not require any school-based knowledge of literature or philosophy for ANYTHING in their lives are having their time WASTED and their minds POLLUTED by these things being taught in school.

Quite frankly, I have no interest in fiction, and the last thing a computer programmer needs is to know the theme of some historical piece of writing or whether or not it is morally acceptable to use /* */ comments over double-slash comments. English/Philosophy classes in HS and college have been nothing but a) a waste of time and b) a waste of money to me. Period.

-Warik

Well, Warik, you construct a powerful argument for trade schools and other forms of career education. The tradition of a liberal arts education is not for everyone, particulary those whose main interest is preparing for a career. Indeed, the majority of Americans still don't pursue higher education at all.

But, as I said, the purpose of the liberal arts is not just to teach the plot summary of Moby Dick or the philosophical foundations of democracy but to learn to experiment with different ways of thinking and perspectives. This has never been "necessary." People who travel broadly usually end up being much more tolerant of different perspectives and the same thing happens when you absorb yourself in the amazing variety of philosophical discourses.

Many people do feel that a foundation in the arts and philosophy is valuable in itself. To them, "culture" is as important as anything else and, indeed, entire revolutions have been grounded in the reformation of culture as well as political and economic structures.

 

[spentagn]

To answer the original question, I go to college. And most of my professors do not seem to be liberal, but I am a business major. A couple of my classes outside the business college did have some more politically correct content, but that's about all.

Those damn journalists are a different story, however.

 

[WODIN]

hug my nuts old man.

Just admit you are gay and go back to being an ass plow in Hawaii. You'll be mutch happier doing that than trying to get hetro middle age men like me to hug your nuts.

 

[musclebrains]

 

[decem]

Just admit you are gay and go back to being an ass plow in Hawaii. You'll be mutch happier doing that than trying to get hetro middle age men like me to hug your nuts.

pipe down yappy.

oh.. and take that fucking samuel l. jackson from pulp fiction out of your damn quote for pete's sake.. it's tired.

oh.. while i'm on your signature.. what's with you and all the jesus and god mumbo jumbo in that damn thing?

just wondering nugro.

 

[Warik]

-decem

Grow up, man.

Hope it didn't take you very long to type that - ignored.

-Warik

 

[WODIN]

I like that line from Pulp Fiction so nyah nyah.

I like these qoutes from the bible too...so nyah nyah..