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RE: Higher Education...Wake the Fuck Up
I'm excited to read the followup post! "higher education" is a big old scam from where I'm sitting. Propaganda machine\mining operation. I like learning, that's why I read :-)
Coming soon!
I don't go so far as to completely denounce its value, but I do think it breeds inaction and ROI is certainly not what it once was.
I'm not saying that there isn't value in a college education. The value of the degree is negligable. And yes, the prices have skyrocketed over the past 15 years. It's a money farm, and not the antibiotic free \ free range type either. Sure, chicken has value, even when it's raised in a warehouse with 500,000 other birds in inhumane conditions... most of that value goes to the "slave owner". A dramatic comparison, however, I do not think it's so far off.
Hold up...
It's not far off to compare farm-raised chickens (for human consumption) with the institutions charged with instilling knowledge and educating the human minds of modern society? The "business" of higher ed is an issue, but the ultimate purpose of any student is not to be consumed. I can stretch, but this may be a step too far.
ok. to me, they are abusing the rewards pool, at the very least. Students, from the highest administrative levels, are a number, a means to an end.
My father is a teacher. He is very good at his job. In fact he stands apart in the district as one who continually creates opportunity for building community, and is an exemplary educator.
That being said, the system he works in is completely corrupted, and detrimental to the well beings of the individuals in its care.
I don't think of the system of education in america very different from factory farms. They are both abusive and manipulative, treating living beings as a means to an end, rather than being arranged with the wellbeing of the life in mind First.
I don't know where you are from, but in america this is my position on the subject of so called "education"