The classical "Liberal Arts Education" is dead. What currently passes for such is stuffed full of high fiber low nutrition ingredients such as much like basket weaving. They're taught instead of old style courses that actually included some kind of context, and shouldn't be seen outside of a markedly different sort of institution.
graywolf wrote: > Reminds me of when I went into Borders and asked, "Do you have any Stephen > Foster music?" > > The cute clerk replied, "I don't know, what band was he with?" > > Very strangely, the most ignorant people I meet have a college degree. That > says something profound, but I am not sure what! > > > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Bob Shell wrote: > >> On Aug 5, 2007, at 11:27 AM, William Robb wrote: >> >> >>> OTOH, we needed some MP3s for our slide presentations, and I had to >>> ask the >>> pretty girl at the coffee place next door to us where was a good >>> place to >>> download classical music from, as I had no idea. >>> She sent me to a website that was heavily into 60s and 70s rock and >>> roll..... >>> >> LOL! When I work with a model in my studio I always ask if she likes >> music while she poses. Most do. I ask what kind of music they like >> and most say "anything but country music", and other say "got any >> country music?" >> >> But often they say they're into the classics. And by that they mean >> Beatles, Stones, Steppenwulf, and so on. I've only had one in years >> who actually said she wanted classical, and clarified that she really >> meant baroque. So Vivaldi and Bach made for a fine photo shoot! >> >> Bob >> >> > > -- The difference between Microsoft and 'Jurassic Park': In one, a mad businessman makes a lot of money with beasts that should be extinct. The other is a film. -- Unattributed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
