Originally Posted By: Salmo g.
College for all is counter productive, but not all college is indoctrination. Your all or nothing stereotyping of what college is, is in error. College is a lot of things. I don't think teaching the critical thinking skills necessary for math and science comport with your indoctrination theme. Some of the classes in the Humanities probably do. My most indoctrinating class was Social Philosophy, taught that year by an Assistant Prof (who went to school at Berkley when it was Bezerkley) who was very much a Marxist. That class was far more trying than it needed to be. But that was a long time ago, yet the wailing of the far right hasn't changed. They are certain that the public universities are teaching the students communism. The do teach about communism, and there are people on campus who promote communism, just like there are Young Republicans who promote Trump, of all things. But mostly colleges teach classes in math, natural science, social science, technology, and the humanities.

Going straight from high school to college is better for some than for others. Just as some will be better off working for a bit, especially if they will benefit by developing work skills that will make it easier for them to pay for their college costs.

BTW, I used to over-use sarcasm. I made a conscious effort over 20 years ago to reduce my sarcasm use by 90%. I've been largely successful, and I'm a better person for it.


I agree and want to add that college is always judged by its failures, like waistoids living in parents basement with general studies degree. But look at the most successful folks out there and look to see if they went to college and you may find a pattern. People are quick to remember non-college educated success stories and college educated losers, yet they are dismissing the majorities in both those groups.
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