Philhelm
Member
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2010
- Messages
- 6,491
Next thing is grad school should be free... med school should be free. law school should be free.
It demeans the degree. Universities are already degree factories... do we really need to have more damn kids going to college even though it might not be right for them?
Fuck, if they do have free college.. only give it to those that go into STEM fields like math, sciences, engineering, medical. Shit like gender studies, african american studies, and art should not be covered.
This is tangential, and I don't disagree with your overall sentiment, but there seems to be a rising trend against anything that is non-STEM. Usually such sentiments are presented as a false dichotomy, as though the choice is either STEM or basket-weaving. Frankly, the world would be a shitty place if everyone only pursued STEM professions. Roughly fifty percent of the garbage posted online by native English speakers seems to be written by semi-literate people. Maybe we need more English degrees after all (and don't get me started on the people who think that we defeated the Nazis in WWI).