tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post2408206994045866348..comments2024-03-28T04:52:18.318-04:00Comments on Borepatch: A College introduced a rigorous Western Civ class, and something weird happenedBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-56281115104273201822018-04-05T13:45:27.776-04:002018-04-05T13:45:27.776-04:00What an encouraging post, thanks for that. And bel...What an encouraging post, thanks for that. And belated happy Easter!LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-24076327884555693462018-04-04T20:24:29.105-04:002018-04-04T20:24:29.105-04:00I originally went to college for journalism. What...I originally went to college for journalism. What a joke. Journalists may be able to write a story, but they are ignorant suckers. I quit, then went back to school five years and got a degree in English and History. Best investment in myself that I ever made. No, it didn't get me a job. It gave me perspective. I got myself a job.Kojak's Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05716171865564466707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-64202869521209772102018-04-04T18:43:26.562-04:002018-04-04T18:43:26.562-04:00I am envious.I am envious.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09141751696029717131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-32455188048668785402018-04-04T10:48:59.695-04:002018-04-04T10:48:59.695-04:00I don't think that this sort of thing pays off...I don't think that this sort of thing pays off in an ROI sense, but it is entirely in-line with what used to be considered the core mission of higher education. It is perhaps a fool's errand these days, but my point was that I hadn't thought that this sort of thing was even going on anymore.<br /><br />Captain Capitalism's book "Worthless" is a great overview of how to calculate ROI for college. Humanities doesn't make the cut, although if you do it as a hobby (as I do) then there's non-financial value to be had.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-32633937215014689292018-04-04T01:11:14.983-04:002018-04-04T01:11:14.983-04:00I was given the opportunity to be in an Honors pro...I was given the opportunity to be in an Honors program my first year in college. Nobody ever told me what going to college was going to be like in the first place. By the time I graduated from High school, I was already indoctrinated into socialism as a teaching method. I failed miserably. It was only after working in plywood and lumber mills for 5 or six years, that I realised the wood products industry was doomed, and I forced myself through college only to be a biologist of 30+ years and make 40k a year. Most of college was garbage, even back in the early 80's. The last twelve years have been pretty dissapointing. Things may be looking up. Like retirement!Sarthurkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02727606949975855848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-83817837416610187532018-04-03T15:07:32.709-04:002018-04-03T15:07:32.709-04:00I am a product of Gen X skepticism, the dissident ...I am a product of Gen X skepticism, the dissident right and the Manosphere, BP. Were it anybody but you singing the praises of a program like this - I would have dismissed them out of hand.<br /><br />Captain Capitalism calls course work like this 'useless' and he's difficult to refute - in the real world, in today's job market... I don't see this being of any practical value.<br /><br />Having said that, were I to win the lotto I would give the workplace the finger and sign up for it too. Am I missing something here? Have these guys redeemed the arts and humanities after the beating and corruption that the progressives and fake academics laid on them?<br /><br />I will have to drop in on A-house, I see...<br />Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.com