Re:Colleges Should Be More Than Just Vocational Schools
by imwithstoopid on Sunday April 02, 2023 @12:09PM
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yet another humanities prof who believes that the humanities alone occupy the academic high ground
not taking philosophy? well then, you must be one of those wrench turners just looking for job skills!
is math a "vocational skill"? mathematics has a much deeper and more storied intellectual pedigree than say, art history (which has only existed for a couple of centuries at best and has little more to offer than commentary)
how about physics? we have wondered about the forces of the universe far longer than we have studied sociology...be easy on Newton, he was just trying to get a job!
humanities never had, and do not deserve, the penthouse of the ivory tower
Re:Colleges Should Be More Than Just Vocational Schools
by mypornaccount on Sunday April 02, 2023 @12:56PM
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I am 4 days away from finishing comp sci. To get a credit out of the way, I signed up for some BS course on “tech and society”. Humanities types were happy to complain about how tech is destroying society, but mot a single one could define “algorithm”.
not taking philosophy? well then, you must be one of those wrench turners just looking for job skills!
is math a "vocational skill"? mathematics has a much deeper and more storied intellectual pedigree than say, art history (which has only existed for a couple of centuries at best and has little more to offer than commentary)
how about physics? we have wondered about the forces of the universe far longer than we have studied sociology...be easy on Newton, he was just trying to get a job!
humanities never had, and do not deserve, the penthouse of the ivory tower