Re:Is it time to return to the medieval way of life on colle...
by stcredzero on Friday January 28, 2011 @05:29AM
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I agree there's a lot wrong with the current system, but it's not that students are having too much sex
From what I saw, it's not that students were having too much sex. It's the combination of a lot of undirected lost souls who are not committed so something substantive (like learning/research) with a pervasive atmosphere of bacchanalia. I saw people go through many emotional wringers in school.
Once again, we have some confusion between this weird form of self-denial with caring about education.
I agree. I think it's perfectly possible to have an atmosphere which is contemplative without going towards asceticism. What's really needed is a shift in emphasis.
the fact that a lot of research requires expensive equipment, something unaccounted for under this scheme
There's a lot of research and substantive work that doesn't require expensive equipment. For one thing, I would love some monasteries to become hosts for Google Summer of Code work.
From what I saw, it's not that students were having too much sex. It's the combination of a lot of undirected lost souls who are not committed so something substantive (like learning/research) with a pervasive atmosphere of bacchanalia. I saw people go through many emotional wringers in school.
Once again, we have some confusion between this weird form of self-denial with caring about education.
I agree. I think it's perfectly possible to have an atmosphere which is contemplative without going towards asceticism. What's really needed is a shift in emphasis.
the fact that a lot of research requires expensive equipment, something unaccounted for under this scheme
There's a lot of research and substantive work that doesn't require expensive equipment. For one thing, I would love some monasteries to become hosts for Google Summer of Code work.