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Re: Q. Where is the USA? A. You are standing on it!
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> > By the end of my fourth semester (my gen
> > eds) I realized that, with the exception of one course, I'd learned nothing
> > but bits of trivia. The exception class was a course in critical thinking,
> > which I still believe to have been my overall best course.
>
> I guess it also depends on what you're learning-- I get the sense (From
> other people I know in the field) that things like Biochemistry and Medicine
> are a little more fact-oriented than method-oriented.
Here's a word of advice for anyone seeking a liberal arts education: DON'T
And if someone tries to B-S you with some spiel about "it's best to have a
broad base of education" I urge you to laugh in that person's face and tell
him I told you so. I know several guys who barely finished three semesters
and who are currently earning twice what I do with half the student loans!
If those kids in New York succeed in their ridiculous McLawsuit, I plan to
sue Penn State for failing to advise me of the employment futility of an
English degree! All I have to show for it are my dazzling vocabulary, my
sparkling prose, and my irrepressible humility.
> Unlike (in my case) computer programming, where what's more important is to
> learn how to break problems down and solve them algorithmically, rather than
> learn a particular language or set of commands...
Interestingly, that's a good metaphorical description for how people
might better learn problem solving, rather than rote repetition and parroting.
Dave!
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