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Re:Illinois Is the First State to Have High Schools Teach Ne... by beaner on Friday August 13, 2021 @11:23AM (#28170053)
I dunno, I went to college. I've seen what it's like on the inside. Before I ever had political opinions it was pretty easy to see that people came out kind of brainless and all thinking the same things. It did not seem like an institution that really developed peoples' ability to think for themselves.
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Re:Illinois Is the First State to Have High Schools Teach Ne... by wolverine876 on Friday August 13, 2021 @01:18PM (#28171734)
> Before I ever had political opinions it was pretty easy to see that people came out kind of brainless and all thinking the same things

Wow. I would say IME people were transformed from unengaged and ignorant to skilled critical thinkers. YMMV, and it it may depend on college and major, but they couldn't make it through liberal arts classes "brainless and all thinking the same things"; they'd fail.

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Re:Illinois Is the First State to Have High Schools Teach Ne... by kesselvon on Friday August 13, 2021 @11:54AM (#28170561)
What you get out of college is entirely up to you.
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Re:Illinois Is the First State to Have High Schools Teach Ne... by beaner on Saturday August 14, 2021 @12:34PM (#28181954)
Sure. This is my observation of the student body.
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Re:Illinois Is the First State to Have High Schools Teach Ne... by willcipriano on Friday August 13, 2021 @12:14PM (#28170829)
The same is true of life but life doesn't require student loans.
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