Poor Samuel Clemens's rolling over in his grave. Jack London's crying into his whiskey. John Steinbeck's banging his forehead into some wooden wall. Stephen Crane's rocking mumbling to himself.
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Now Canadian Literature would be a different story.Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
"Remember the night we broke the windows in this old house? This is what I wished for..."
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Yes, we have long winters, where folks have to stay inside. Excellent breeding grounds for writers.
Probably the best in my opinion wrote before then, especially Robert Service. Canada's done a much better job in non-fiction than with fiction especially with Pierre Berton and Robert Michener.Scouse Git (2) La Fayette Adam Smith Solomwi and Loinburger will not be forgotten.
"Remember the night we broke the windows in this old house? This is what I wished for..."
2015 APOLYTON FANTASY FOOTBALL CHAMPION!
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Originally posted by Timexwatch
Engineering majors usually have the easiest time avoiding humanities classes because of their heavy courseload. My roomates never had to take anything beyond introductory English and the occasional humanities/social science class. It's a crying shame because engineers are some of the most godawful writers.
Everyone loves to trot out jokes about liberal arts majors that have punchlines like "you want fries with that?" -- but the fact is that most upper-level executives, including CEOs, at most Fortune 500 companies were liberal arts majors. Corporate America actually loves the liberal arts, because a good education in the humanities will teach you to communicate well and to be critical and flexible in your thinking, abilities that are most important in the private sector; it will also teach you how to learn, perhaps the most valuable skill of all, far more fully than any other area of academic study.
Of course, that's not why I bothered with the liberal arts; I've never aspired to corporate work, never done it, and never will. But there it is..."I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin
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Originally posted by GePap
Actually Che, from what I have heard about Kuci's High School, and correlating that to my experience, most college classes would not be any better for Kuci than what he got in high school, which is one of the points of this entire thread, that colleges have to bring down their material to deal with the general level of unpreparedness from HS graduates.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Originally posted by Kidicious
Colleges don't have to dumb down material. They can flunk students. High schools can't do that because they will have a hoard of angry parents all over them like flies on ****."I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin
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RTF,
It's the professors who decide the grades for college students and there is little presure on them from anywhere. High school is much different. Yes, teachers do the grading, but there is a lot of presure on them to pass students.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh
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Originally posted by Kidicious
RTF,
It's the professors who decide the grades for college students and there is little presure on them from anywhere. High school is much different. Yes, teachers do the grading, but there is a lot of presure on them to pass students.
And that's not even taking into account the fact that most people handing out grades at a college are grad students or adjunct faculty, not professors..."I have as much authority as the pope. I just don't have as many people who believe it." — George Carlin
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Originally posted by Ted Striker
Simple fact, okay.
The problem with that theory is that this same "talent pool" of educated women is now directly competing with the entire labor force, thus squeezing them out of their own fields. So you have people coming out of other fields and into teaching, instead of lifelong teachers.
On top of that, there is the increased opportunity for minorities to become teachers, so it's really a wash.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
In short you are wrong, incapable of following what someone else has written and incapable yourself of writing something that can be readily understand. You're a perfect poster child for the decline of American K-12 education in the latter half of the 20th century.He's got the Midas touch.
But he touched it too much!
Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!
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Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Everyone loves to trot out jokes about liberal arts majors that have punchlines like "you want fries with that?" -- but the fact is that most upper-level executives, including CEOs, at most Fortune 500 companies were liberal arts majors. Corporate America actually loves the liberal arts, because a good education in the humanities will teach you to communicate well and to be critical and flexible in your thinking, abilities that are most important in the private sector; it will also teach you how to learn, perhaps the most valuable skill of all, far more fully than any other area of academic study.
One thing a good liberal arts degree gives you is something called dialectic reasoning. It is known by other names - serendipity, insight or intuition for example. This is where you can synthesise a lot of information and then make a leap to a new hypothesis or solution which breaks the mold and resolves the issues, sometimes in a novel way. This is very valuable for leaders in all walks of life. Dubya for example clearly has none. Good scientists however also have a lot of it.
This is quite different from what I term "technical" or "professional" degrees like economics or law where you operate within an existing framework of ideas, sometimes quite rigid. This is called analogous reasoning. Its like learning a maze to find the cheese.
I got a brilliant education from people just like the good Professor Firefly for which I am deeply grateful.
I've never felt like I really made the most of what I was given but that's probably because the gift of a liberal education is so rich. Its a precious gift, you can't repay it.Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?
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