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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not just Harvard folks. Had an argument with my DD at UCLA. She was complaining about TA in discussion section giving pop quizzes. Doesn’t want and doesn’t do the reading. Yes. Everyone trying to get clubs and internships. It’s a new world. Made me sad. St my SLAC we stayed up late into the night debating ideas. It seems like these kids want to stay on the hamster wheel that got them i to college. Or it’s so expensive now you need an ROI. [b]In my day, the ROI was learning to think critically and recognize beauty.[/b] Those days are gone.[/quote]

I'm hoping my kid at an SLAC will still get some of that. But kids are definitely thinking about and working intensely toward a professional future in a way most of us didn't back in the day.[/quote]

Definitely too expensive nowadays not to think
about ROI and employability. Also with more emphasis on FGLI and social mobility these days, there’s probably more students from families that don’t have the luxury of studying liberal arts just for the sake of learning. That is a luxury for the truly upper class. [/quote]

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