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Lost |
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44 | 10.97% |
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52 | 12.97% |
Rescue Me |
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20 | 4.99% |
Nip/Tuck |
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21 | 5.24% |
The Shield |
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20 | 4.99% |
Prison Break |
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14 | 3.49% |
The O.C. |
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6 | 1.50% |
Las Vegas |
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10 | 2.49% |
Alias |
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5 | 1.25% |
House M.D. |
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25 | 6.23% |
Veronica Mars |
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6 | 1.50% |
Grey's Anatomy |
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5 | 1.25% |
Boston Legal |
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5 | 1.25% |
Carnivale |
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2 | 0.50% |
Deadwood |
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20 | 4.99% |
Entourage |
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35 | 8.73% |
6 Feet Under |
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12 | 2.99% |
The 4400 |
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5 | 1.25% |
The West Wing |
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14 | 3.49% |
OZ |
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9 | 2.24% |
The Wire |
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15 | 3.74% |
ER |
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9 | 2.24% |
Cold Case |
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0 | 0% |
Bones |
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0 | 0% |
One Tree Hill |
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3 | 0.75% |
Smallville |
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8 | 2.00% |
Without A Trace |
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4 | 1.00% |
Numb3rs |
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9 | 2.24% |
Law and Order |
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23 | 5.74% |
Heist |
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0 | 0% |
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I was discussing affirmative action programs recently and this issue seems extremely important when we are talking about who to admit to selective universities.
What is the primary goal when we send young students to get a university education? |
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"College serves as a socially mandated rubber stamp for being considered intelligent enough to hold most good paying jobs"
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"College serves as a very expensive socially mandated rubber stamp for being considered intelligent enough to hold most good paying jobs" [/ QUOTE ] And it allows our young ones to party their ass off, with little care or concern, before they get into the real world and have to work off the massive debt they've incurred over the last four years. |
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I went with a combination.
Sure, for society a degree means you're capable and organized. But the other stuff is important too for being well-balanced, if one is missing it. Each individual can gain what he/she is lacking. Thinking critically, social skills, and learning the skills that will be employed for your profession: all good stuff. Sure, if you've got all that stuff you can dive right into work keep sharp... but college is more fun. |
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"What is the primary goal when we send young students to get a university education?"
D) Fool ourselves into thinking we can teach people how to learn. |
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"What is the primary goal when we send young students to get a university education?" D) Fool ourselves into thinking we can teach people how to learn. [/ QUOTE ] So you want to abolish college education? |
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I went with the necessary skills. I was surprised at how small of a minority I was in.
Thinking critically may happen to be one of those skills, yes. But the whole socialization, diversity, and rubberstamping thing explains a whole lot about what is wrong with how our universities work. Having spent most of my adult life at a university (state university with more or less open enrollment), can tell you about 2/3 of those who enroll have no business whatsoever being here, and something around 1/3 of those who get given the degrees STILL do did not get anything out of the experience but a piece of paper. These people NEED to be kicked to the curb, not babied along until they graduate, if degrees are going to mean anything at all. Not that it'll ever happen. But yes, I'd like to see the university system shrink to half its current size, with much more severe enrollment standards imposed. |
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Not that it'll ever happen. But yes, I'd like to see the university system shrink to half its current size, with much more severe enrollment standards imposed. [/ QUOTE ] I'm not exactly sure what this would accomplish. There is demand for universities, both on the student side and the professor side -- I kind of like the fact that there's a supply to fill it. Are you thinking of replacing it with a different-but-better system, or something? |
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There is demand for universities, both on the student side and the professor side [/ QUOTE ] The demand for universities is heavily inflated via government subsidies (state schools, exceeding cheap loans, ect). |
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Higher education's purpose is to realize the goals of the society and the individual. The balance is determined by culture and government.
Higher education turns us into machines without free will? Oh please. That argument can be paralleled for everything from capitalism to social norms. |
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