Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"Brad Roberts" <bra...@puremagic.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.71.1242359810.13405.digitalmar...@puremagic.com...
BCS wrote:
Anyway, it's an ugly cycle that's bound to implode eventually.
I wish that were true, but I'm not convinced. My experiences at three
different colleges indicate there's a lot of things about college that by
all means *should* have imploded long ago. The problem is that college and
anything claiming to be "education" has become such a sacred cow in our
society that pretty much any amount of bullshit is, and will continue to be,
tolerated for the foreseeable future.
When I went to college, most of the "textbooks" were what the prof wrote
on the chalkboards during lecture. I didn't actually spend much on
textbooks - few were required, and the rest I picked up used. I still
have them.
The current scheme is so blatantly disrespectful of their customers
(students) I don't see how it can persist.
