Re:University of Chicago: ‘We Do Not Support So-Called Trigg...
by mitchellst on Thursday August 25, 2016 @04:33PM
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Yep, UChicago alum here, too. It's a weak argument anywhere to claim we should limit free speech simply because most students attend universities for job training, not for intellectual enrichment. But it's an epic fail of an argument at Chicago. The school year opens with an address to the first years from a faculty member on "The Aims of Education." UC is not a lunch counter where students order things to their liking. Rather, the institution sits you down and tells you why you are there. You are encouraged to expand on their thoughts, but never to shirk the responsibilities the University puts on you.
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Re:University of Chicago: ‘We Do Not Support So-Called Trigg...
by pbrb on Thursday August 25, 2016 @08:33PM
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It's pretty much a 'bend over and accept all the learning you're going to do'. Agreed w/ both of you though, that school changed my life in a very, very good way.
Re:University of Chicago: ‘We Do Not Support So-Called Trigg...
by michaelbuddy on Thursday August 25, 2016 @09:06PM
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I almost wish I could say the same for my university education. I definitely grew as a person in college but I can't say it was really the University that did it. I could have done it anywhere. Now I realize I must not have been challenged enough.