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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you teach?

What is the tier ranking more or less of the university in which you teach? (Not as a judgment but to gauge the general performance of the students)

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Top 100 (USNEWS) private liberal arts college. [/quote]

My daughter loves English and wants to go to a liberal arts college.  I cringe.  Where do students get employment for liberal arts or English degrees.  [/quote]

Getting a job and getting educated are not the same thing. I advise students to major in whatever they enjoy and to make sure to take many classes that give them skills. Want to major in psych? Great, but be sure to take lots of stats classes, some econometrics, computer science, etc. Internships are key to getting employed. I would not advise anyone to go to law school or PhD unless you get into a top program and the costs are reasonable.[/quote]

You sound more like a college counselor/president than a professor.  Everyone knows all of the classes are for colleges to make $$$$.  I mean really, I went into a medical field (not a doctor) and had to take Western Civ and shit load of classes that were prerequisites that didn't do anything for me but increase my student loan debt.  What a scam.  [/quote]
NP. It's to make you a well-rounded person who understands the world (or at least a bit of it) and can think critically. I didn't major in psychology, but took psych classes as my sciences; wasn't pre-law, but took classes in modern justice and urban life; didn't major in religion, but took a class on modern religions; didn't major in art, but took both art history and practical art classes. They helped instill a sense of curiosity and understanding about our world. College isn't (necessarily) just a vocational experience. [/quote]

You can get ALL of that from the free public library. [/quote]
Not with the addition of thoughtful and educated debate. Or discussions about the topic with peers from all sorts of walks of life. Or even a thoughtful list of which readings to do in which order to best cover a wide variety of useful information (i.e. a syllabus). [/quote]

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