tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332364102323788520.post167860915120687224..comments2023-07-25T06:01:34.559-07:00Comments on Unpopular Opinions: The Value INSIDE a College EducationMcLauchlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12691666369825508715noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332364102323788520.post-92158842890510626802010-12-26T20:26:41.590-08:002010-12-26T20:26:41.590-08:0019 year olds look better now? i guess i shouldnt t...19 year olds look better now? i guess i shouldnt take hot chicks at csun for granted.Wylie Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358713029357936952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332364102323788520.post-39669923936008684082010-12-11T00:22:36.523-08:002010-12-11T00:22:36.523-08:00Comparative Cultural Studies/Gender, Race, Class, ...Comparative Cultural Studies/Gender, Race, Class, Ethnicity Studies and Foreign Language aren't "political correctness" - they are preparation for having a Chinese boss. <br /> And being the nerd that I am, I can help but wonder if those classes don't dovetail nicely with some of the Natural Sciences classes that you took. I mean, who knows how the baking powder volcano has changed our culture?!?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287523716227506912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332364102323788520.post-85864221363027311172010-11-12T11:08:50.824-08:002010-11-12T11:08:50.824-08:00Hey Jim! Good on ya for taking journo classes. I f...Hey Jim! Good on ya for taking journo classes. I fondly remember my days in that program and also imagined you'd done it the first time around. <br /><br />You must have majored in Baseball and Bein' Cool back then. ;)<br /><br />christina Z.CZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997487849498217676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332364102323788520.post-10078281429799748892010-11-11T13:14:08.506-08:002010-11-11T13:14:08.506-08:00As a scholar and an educator and perhaps someone w...As a scholar and an educator and perhaps someone who could be on your list of “non-ranked list of The 10 Smartest People in Our Culture”, I felt compelled to reply. A couple of points to emphasis:<br /><br />Re: Basic Skills Requirement, Critical Thinking:<br />What you said is true, but what is even more so needed is the ability to extrapolate the data and apply it elsewhere. There is nothing worse than in a group lecture where the only thought the student brings is agreeing with the reading material.<br /><br />Re: Mathematics, Natural Sciences, other:<br />These courses ARE for the well round aspect, which is very much needed. I remember a journalist in DC that was doing a consumer report expose’ on Cell Phones back in the day. I forget the story (it had to do with their claim in range) but the punchline was she in the middle of a construction site surrounded by tons of metal wondering why the cell phone did work. The construction site had nothing to do with the story, it was simply where she ended up in her range test (there is construction all around DC), but she then claimed a range failure. Had she taken Physic 101 she would have been aware that the surrounding metals were interfering with the signal and not have came off looking like a fool.<br /><br />Many of her exposes were flawed in this manner (in one, she did not understand that the density of ice is different than the density of water, that’s why ice floats.) She did not last long as a journalist.<br /><br />These comments are meant to expounds the same argument that you Ok-ed in Arts and Humanities and Social Science, noting that well rounded means more than just well-rounded; it is the ability to understand the basics so that your story is better, whether it be journalistic or policymaking or marketing (e.g., the Nova car did not sell well because it means No-Go in Spanish - how better had the marketing major known that?). <br /><br />Academia should be about teaching how to think and apply in several different categories - regardless of major. Best examine question I ever heard was – compare and contrast Karl Marx and Charles Darwin. How cool a question is that?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05813404886361209344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332364102323788520.post-38072439062852376482010-11-11T08:18:46.055-08:002010-11-11T08:18:46.055-08:0019 year olds being hotter?
Maybe Post Preppy fashi...19 year olds being hotter?<br />Maybe Post Preppy fashion from a box national retail chain like the GAP (circa YOUR college years), or grunge inspired mom jeans and flannel (circa MY college years) isn't nearly as enticing to the male psyche as today's Victoria Secret/Girls Gone Wild inspired fashion and culture...<br /><br />As for the article itself, interesting to dissect the requirements.<br />I would be curious to see the SHAM classes that could constitute as course requirements. FOr instance- I took "Sports and Leisure in Ancient Rome" and "History of University of Michigan" to satisfy an art and History requirement respectively...<br /><br />In terms of a college education/course requirements overview, Journalism as a major is more vocational than MOST college majors. So your choice is dissecting this model has less room to scoff (with save Diversity requirements) than most...<br /><br />What do i know?! I studied HUMANITIES with emphasis on Art History, and now i sell comic books and promote comic conventions for a living...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com