Re:Winters are cold. Youd like to see hobos clad in your riv...
by geoffschmidt on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @04:24AM
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You're jumping to conclusions and it's insulting. I posted it because I thought it worthy of discussion. Here are some of the reasons:
1: It's gotten use, and you can look at the leaderboard to see where. I'm certainly not proud to see MIT at position #2, but I also wonder about the 99 jackets donated by students at a Roman Catholic seminary.
3: Previously in history, an explicit purpose of the educational system was to develop an individual's moral sense. On HN many commenters seem to think of school as a place to learn technical skills, or as something to be skipped altogether if one is ambitious. Don't you think it's worthwhile to discuss the consequences of that attitude?
1: It's gotten use, and you can look at the leaderboard to see where. I'm certainly not proud to see MIT at position #2, but I also wonder about the 99 jackets donated by students at a Roman Catholic seminary.
2: I think it is interesting to trace the author's moral development, which you can do at http://hobojacket.tk/story.html
3: Previously in history, an explicit purpose of the educational system was to develop an individual's moral sense. On HN many commenters seem to think of school as a place to learn technical skills, or as something to be skipped altogether if one is ambitious. Don't you think it's worthwhile to discuss the consequences of that attitude?