> > You're making me feel like hard-hearted Ricky Ricardo (not to be confused > with his distinguished > ancestor David).
Not to mention Ozzie and Harriet. On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Michael Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 27, 2014, at 11:02 AM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Really? Going to college in the US today is analogous to getting > tortured in the Inquisition? > > Depends on the college, I suppose. Duke, I gather, is like > spending four years at Trimalchio's country place. But I'm > surprised to find such a profound misunderstanding of how > analogy works. A/B = C/D does not imply A = C. > > > I don't understand this strain of anti-intellectualism on this list. > > complaining about how learning Greek is useless in modern society > > Of course it's useless. What possible use could it be? That's > not to say it isn't delightful. I spent a lot of time learning > what little Greek I know and I'm very glad I did, though it > didn't contribute to my 'social mobility' at all. Or my social > graces; I'm always trotting out some tired Homeric tag at > the worst possible moment. > > I think what you're calling anti-intellectualism is in > fact something quite different, namely a critique of the > actually existing credential industry and particularly of > its hollow pretensions to reduce inequality. > > > Following the logic of your complaints against education, > > every modern institution is corrupted by capitalism, so > > Resistance is Futile. We might as well just throw up our > > hands, give up and wait for the Armageddon? > > Now this sort of thing is just silly. It's like something > out of I Love Lucy. You're making me feel like hard-hearted > Ricky Ricardo (not to be confused with his distinguished > ancestor David). > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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