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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I don't agree with the assertion that liberal arts grads aren't successful.  I look forward to my son studying classics at a SLAC, and eventually going to med school after finishing the pre-med requirements through such a program.  Will he do it?  Don't know. Will I be a jerk about forcing him too?  Absolutely not.  But I think families can influence their children through providing a solid foundation, just like a solid liberal artus undergraduate major.

If he wanted a trade, and it turned out he had an aptitude for fixing cars, carpentry, or plumbing, I would encourage the study of the trade and skip college.

College shouldn't be a trade school in my view.  I suppose others have a different image of the purpose of a university education.  We can differ I suppose.[/quote]

Agreed, but I disagree about agreeing to differ.  People like this ignorant OP want to neuter college to the point where it is glorified trade school, and there are forces out there trying really, really hard to achieve this.  Business and science and government majors and pre-med students need ethics and philosophy.  Professionals of all kinds need to learn how to express themselves clearly and effectively in writing. [b]  The goal of education should be to roll out well-rounded humans, not automatons who only dream of making money.[/b][/quote]

I am not the PP but I would like to welcome you to the USA. School is about regurgitating what you have heard, so you can pass the tests, graduate, and assume your role as another cog in the wheel. It is the #1 killer of creativity and individuality. God bless those who are able to escape with an actual education; as opposed to this overpriced, artifical nonsense that most graduate with.[/quote]

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