Taking first Philosophy class this semester, help me pass

[Aytumious]

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What do you mean exactly?

I'm of the opinion that to graduate with a BA in X, you should have to complete the 40-some credits needed for X. If you want to learn some other stuff, that's cool too, take it as a side, but don't count it toward X since it has nothing to do with it.

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Basically, I was asking if you thought a liberal educational system should be abandoneed for a trade school style system.

I think a system of higher education that stresses only studying a trade is a very poor idea if you want to have any type of enlightened populace. Of course, it all depends on what type of society we want to live in.

[yukoncpa]

Dude, You learned a lot from the people you hung out with. This happens to be my point. Professors schmepors, it was my friends that made college invaluable. If you have to take a philosophy class or two that you hate, who cares, they're easy and fun - it's your friends who make it all worth while.

[hmkpoker]

Having just major requirements for a BA is not a trade school system, it's just more efficient than what we have now. All it does is grant the student more freedom.

[hmkpoker]

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If you have to take a philosophy class or two that you hate, who cares, they're easy and fun

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Stop and think about that for a minute.

[yukoncpa]

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If you have to take a philosophy class or two that you hate, who cares, they're easy and fun


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Stop and think about that for a minute.


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I did think about it right after I posted it, but didn't edit it because everything else I said made sense, and I thought you and I were at last forming an agreement.

[hmkpoker]

No, the argument was that excessive irrelevant class requirements are a useless waste of time, money and effort, and what I said hasn't changed the fact that I'm still right about that [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[yukoncpa]

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No, the argument was that excessive irrelevant class requirements are a useless waste of time, money and effort, and what I said hasn't changed the fact that I'm still right about that



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LoL. I thought I had clearly won the argument and that you had concured. I must be wrong. You are my lord. I bow to you.

[Aytumious]

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No, the argument was that excessive irrelevant class requirements are a useless waste of time, money and effort, and what I said hasn't changed the fact that I'm still right about that [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Why do you think higher education in the US is set up this way? I think you should probably take a closer look at the history of pedogogy and the function of education in society before you come to any solid conclusion about what type of educational system is best.

[hmkpoker]

Now if only I could get BluffTHIS and NotReady to do the same [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[yukoncpa]

NH!