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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You assume going to college is all about passing along certain information. A liberal arts education emphasized skills like creativity and critical thinking, necessary in any field and walk of life.[/quote]

No.  That is what I am telling you.  The titans of creativity and critical thinking by any measure are all questioning their college education.  Some never completed it, and while in college, attended precious few classes.  That's just Kool-Aid talk spouted by the Admissions Office.  They were creative and thought critically by the time they stepped foot in college, and it's largely by the enrichment their received outside of school classes.

They used to squawk the same way when classical education was under attack.  Whatever happened to that???  Gone, gone, gone...[/quote]
What type of enrichment encouraged this early critical thinking, in your opinion?[/quote]

A lot of it had to do with exposing children to very unconventional experiences...travel (including immersion), exposure to new technology (some kids took to it very readily), highly educated or artistic parents who did not work 90 hour weeks but spent a significant and regular amount of time with their children exploring the world, animals, etc.  Some had spotty school attendance at times.

I guess some people are really, deeply questioning the value of a B.A. or B.S. degree in the coming decades.[/quote]

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