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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
IMO, one of the great failures of education (lower and higher) over the last couple of decades has been the emphasis as "job traing" as opposed to what might be called "life training".
If you look at the ads run by colleges, they seem to push the better job/ better pay aspect. Maybe, with the high cost involved, they are forced to show an economic benefit to that amount of debt.
Bring back the Liberal Arts curricula, and teach them HOW to think; not WHAT to think.
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How do you teach life without having real life in kollege? Just because I read a book about skiing doesn't mean I won't break both legs on the slope. In kollege, you can fail a course and take it over. In life, the opportunity once gone may never return again. In kollege, you can do average work and get along. In real life, you might get fired.
It will be very hard to ask someone to put aside money for a metaphysical gain. Much easier to say "Give me $10 and I give you a shovel". as opposed to "Give me $10 and you will lead a more fulfilled life.".
I have had a liberal arts education. Do I think it will help me think better? Probably not. Looking back, would I rather go for a different type of school? Probably. Way too much fluff, IMO. When I have a good job, well fed, good roof over my head, etc, etc, if I want to pick up a book and educate myself, I can do it.