And in the “have your cake and eat it too” world of the university, faculty simultaneously bitch about and enable it.
j.d. - 06:09pm on 09/29/2007
Kids don’t go off to college to learn their trade and become adults, they go off to college to put off the responsibilities of the real world for a few years longer.
Coming from a college dropout, this means a lot.
Dave - 07:09pm on 09/29/2007
Geeze, ‘Euthanasia Up to Age 12’ Dave, what’s the matter? Wake up on the wrong side of the bed, or what?
I thought you were past the attack the messenger fallacy. Guess not. Stay in school bucko. You might just learn one day why it’s not a good argument.
likwidshoe - 08:09pm on 09/29/2007
Guess I didn’t manage to put off the realities of the real world as long as I wanted to.
Rob - 08:09pm on 09/29/2007
Kids don’t go off to college to learn their trade and become adults, they go off to college to put off the responsibilities of the real world for a few years longer.
Rob,
I recently witnessed a successful USC grad advise a high school student to go to college for this very reason. It was said that growing up and taking responsibility lasts for the rest of your life so put it off as long as you can… because it is a lot of work wrought with difficulties.
HG - 09:09pm on 09/29/2007
sex-toy slumber party
This could be an interesting nitch business. It sure beats selling Tupper Wear. Do the universities offer adjunct faculty positions for this?
Mickey - 07:09am on 09/30/2007
Used to be that a place to learn a trade was called a “trade school,” not a college or university. But that said, it’s even more appalling that the university has become a mere trade school for the oldest trade, apparently.
Bike Bubba - 02:10pm on 10/01/2007
Well if this trend picks up, they definitely should create a more developed curriculum for it. I personally wouldn’t want to take a class called “Vibrators 101” but hey, that’s just me. So instead of calling teachers’ assistants ‘TA’, I think for these courses, T&A would suit them better…
And in the “have your cake and eat it too” world of the university, faculty simultaneously bitch about and enable it.
Geeze, ‘Euthanasia Up to Age 12’ Dave, what’s the matter? Wake up on the wrong side of the bed, or what?
I thought you were past the attack the messenger fallacy. Guess not. Stay in school bucko. You might just learn one day why it’s not a good argument.
Guess I didn’t manage to put off the realities of the real world as long as I wanted to.
Rob,
I recently witnessed a successful USC grad advise a high school student to go to college for this very reason. It was said that growing up and taking responsibility lasts for the rest of your life so put it off as long as you can… because it is a lot of work wrought with difficulties.
This could be an interesting nitch business. It sure beats selling Tupper Wear. Do the universities offer adjunct faculty positions for this?
Used to be that a place to learn a trade was called a “trade school,” not a college or university. But that said, it’s even more appalling that the university has become a mere trade school for the oldest trade, apparently.
Well if this trend picks up, they definitely should create a more developed curriculum for it. I personally wouldn’t want to take a class called “Vibrators 101” but hey, that’s just me. So instead of calling teachers’ assistants ‘TA’, I think for these courses, T&A would suit them better…