"Xavier" <x...@nospam.net> wrote in message news:j51kmt$2n7t$1...@digitalmars.com... > > "Nick Sabalausky" <a@a.a> wrote in message > news:j51ef3$2a0d$1...@digitalmars.com... >> "Xavier" <x...@nospam.net> wrote in message >> news:j50v3o$1gbb$1...@digitalmars.com... >>> >>> I think the public schools are "teaching" "how to be a sheeple". What >>> other reason could there be? >> >> Although I probably have about zero business sense, I absolutely agree on >> this part of what you said. >> >> At one point, I went to Bowling Green State University, well known to be >> an "accept anyone and everyone even if we don't have enough room" party >> school. Most of the students there generally thought for themselves (even >> if most of them weren't particularly bright.) >> >> Then I transfered to John Carroll University: a private school that, >> well, it's no Ivy-league, but it's fairly well-regarded, at least around >> the Cleveland area. Unlike BGSU, JCU is known to be fairly selective. But >> the vast majority of JCU students were complete mindless sheep. I'm being >> completely honest when I say it was actually somewhat disturbing how >> sheep-like they were. Of course, they were also just as dumb as the BGSU >> students, but unlike BGSU, most of them were uppity, conceited and had a >> noticeable tendency to mistake slogan and lecture regurgitation for >> intelligence, ability and independent thought. >> >> Conclusion: High schools specifically cultivate sheeple, which is a >> quality preferred by "respectable" colleges. >> >> I couldn't begin to speculate on why it's this way, or whether or not >> it's intentional by anyone who's still around. But whatever the reason, >> that's definitely how things are. >> > > The most surprising thing to me is that it seems to work! It could be that > most people simply are not very smart from the get go so they believe > everything they read and are told and trust anyone and everyone. That's > not it.
I almost wish it were. Then I could just say, "No, it's like this..." Problem solved. Or better yet, "Go make me a sandwich." Better problem solved :) > (Well at first it may be, but surely at some point one becomes able to > discern information of value from BS). It's not an intelligence thing. > It's something else. I think I know what it is, but this is not the place > to get into it. I do think that some of it shows thru a little in some of > my posts. Then again, maybe the fat blonde bimbo is skinny now and I'm > still stupid. Nah, that's not it. Certainly not. >
