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Are You Getting an Arts Degree?
Nikkoru:
--- Quote from: Hiero on March 07, 2012, 08:23:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: Nikkoru on March 07, 2012, 10:30:09 AM ---Seems kinda logical that the majority of people are average.
See, that's me using my ej'u'cation.
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I see what you did there.
You could expand on what some of you are talking about, particularly taking and learning about Philosophy and classes that deal with the humanities. Wouldn't the ideal goal be to find a balance between both finding "answers" to life, yourself, and society alongside a job or career that can support your lifestyle and endeavors? It's not black and white because you can learn about either of the two even if you don't take classes specifically dealing with them, but for the sake of this thread it does help having a class designed for such purposes.
This basically spun off from a small discussion I had yesterday. Resume.
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I'm not disagreeing with you, it's a question of valuing more than one type of knowledge and something beyond your résumé. The idea that you have to go to university or college to improve yourself is fallacious and elitist, but it's a path available to you. Post-secondary education is a genuinely constructive experience, and I encourage people to utilize the time to the upmost while they can.
Hiero:
I think I should have used "one" instead of "you" because I wasn't directly referring to you but everyone in here. But yes, I feel University is just a start, not an end; you don't (or shouldn't) stop learning after it. I can't argue from a perspective of one who's finished post-secondary education, but I bet you learn a significant amount and maybe even as much as you did from sitting in classes.
Nikkoru:
This isn't really a requirement to understanding my argument however, I suggest reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - or if you have already - try to recall it with some more clarity.
It's a dystopian science fiction novel, though the author sees it more as speculative fiction. Her vision of the future is one of increased social stratification with capitalism and science at its heart. It's somewhat over-dramatic and blunt as a sledgehammer in getting its point across. However, her view of academics as becoming soulless, hyper-specialized, extremely competitive, and devoid of liberal arts and humanities beyond training the next generation of advertisers, is becoming disconcertingly closer to the truth.
The main character for instance, goes to a liberal arts college to learn corporate double-speak to use in advertising and legal copy. He has fun inventing meaningless multisyllabic words that sound like they exists to confuse people.
mgz:
--- Quote from: metro. on March 06, 2012, 12:05:06 AM ---
--- Quote from: Saras on March 06, 2012, 12:03:16 AM ---Science folk be bitter.
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Yes I am, while I slam my face into work trying to get my future sorted out people act like they dgaf.
Which I guess shouldn't really make me upset, but when it interferes with me getting things done, it really does.
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some people multi task or have different schedules then you shit dick cry more
Nikkoru:
I think mgz has been studying up to be a diplomat.
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