Don Werve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>For those wealthy enough to attend college, many >>will attain near-useless English and Liberal Arts degrees, because >>they >>lack the impetus, drive, and determination to pursue a more difficult >>degree.
Pigeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>which means that university entrance standards have to drop >>dramatically and >>the vast majority of students take useless degrees of which the >>canonical example is "media studies". I take great offense at both of these statements. That you assume I lack impetus, drive, and determination, simply because I hold a Bachelor of Arts in English, stuns me. In fact, I left my studies in Computer Engineering after two years at one of the top-rated science/engineering schools in the U.S., as I felt that a myopic education dedicated to study of engineering/science/math could not meet my desire for a wide breadth of study. Only when I began my degree in Liberal Arts did I find what I consider an important balance of theory and practice, of objective and subjective analysis. To continue on a path unfulfilling of my needs in order to fetch a high-paying position would have reflected a lack of determination and drive. Instead, I chose the difficult path. I can only assume that by "useless" you mean "will not earn as much money as one trained in a specific area of science/technology," and not "unworthy of study," as I have found my studies in the Arts just as applicable to my worldview as my studies in the Sciences, if not more so. If anything, the U.S. school system suffers from a dearth of Liberal Arts education (I speak of a truly "liberal" arts, including studies in the sciences). Perhaps I'm singular in this regard, but I did not attend college to be trained, but rather to develop and strengthen those skills essential to leading the most informed, conscious, "examined" life possible. The "holier than though" attitude of much of the technocentric population frustrates me endlessly. I'm offended both as a proponent of the Liberal Arts *and* as one who believes in the importance of science and technology; attacked on one side, flanked by disbelievers on the other... -- M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
