In the '70's, the book "Zen In The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance" referred to college as the "Church Of Reason".
They dropped the "Reason" part.
In the '70's, the book "Zen In The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance" referred to college as the "Church Of Reason".
They dropped the "Reason" part.
goodbye college as we know it wrote:
The 1500's Catholic Church was screwed once the printing press allowed everybody to read the Bible.
Now that you can download lecture videos from Stanford and course notes and tests from MIT, the education is free. Only thing left to sell is the credential and the rite of passage college "experience." They are equally screwed.
Interesting point
jamin wrote:
Contrarian thinker Peter Thiel gives his opinion of college:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HM2Kp5Xj6sI love this guy. "Education has become a substitute for thinking about the future."
....calling it now for 2020. It'll be a Schiff/Thiel Ticket for the GOP win! We all know the GOP wins with a low voter turn out and these two will gaurntee that occurs by spewing so much doom & gloom that 57.45% of the electorate kills themselves prior to the election.
BurningDinosaurBones wrote:
I'm very glad that we (collective use) are starting to have this conversation about the need for college, it's worth, it's usefulness, and it's cost.
I contend that the reason for this push for college that started back in the 80's isn't some big conspiracy, it's a reaction to our terribly failing HSs.
Case in point, regarding failing high schools: your evident inability to use the possessive pronoun "its" (which has no apostrophe) properly.
Although I actually learned about that one in a public primary school...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tech-tycoon-peter-thiel-shies-from-trump-re-election-campaign/ar-BB16h2wc?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignoutjamin wrote:
Contrarian thinker Peter Thiel gives his opinion of college:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HM2Kp5Xj6sI love this guy. "Education has become a substitute for thinking about the future."
jamin wrote:
I love YouTube. Watching videos has become a substitute for thinking with my own head.
Nothing changed in all these years.
jamin - stop paying attention to him. Doesn't sound like he thinks Trump will be reelected, so clearly he's stupid.
Devoting all the energy into making sports (football) the end all be all of College is where we went wrong.
Thiel sounds very reasonable here.
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
2024 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion
Des Linden: "The entire sport" has changed since she first started running Boston.