Greetings good citizen,
Today I, er, 'stepped in it' so to speak. A friend posted a blurb that basically said Bernie Sanders, (Democratic candidate for president...despite not being a democrat, which is fine by me.) supports the idea of free college for all who choose that route.
Well, the feed is getting a tepid at best response, and while life offers us countless opportunities to keep our mouths shut, I 'opined' that what makes a college degree 'valuable' is their (relative) scarcity. While society would 'theoretically' benefit from an over-all 'smarter' populous, would we really? Which is to point out that almost everybody in a position of power these days possesses a college degree and look at the mess our socio-economic climate is (nevermind the climate itself!)
You won't find an educator out there willing to admit that our (or anybody else's for that matter) school system teaches critical reasoning skills because it's something either you were born with or you weren't.
Thus the axiom, 'stupid is permanent, ignorance can be fixed'
Worse, the not so bright will argue that it isn't true, that they are indeed intelligent while spouting all manners of nonsense!
Sadly, this proves the axiom...how unfortunate is it that those who are bold enough to share this observation run the risk of being labeled likewise...and whose to say the claim isn't true as well?
Yet another conundrum!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
Today I, er, 'stepped in it' so to speak. A friend posted a blurb that basically said Bernie Sanders, (Democratic candidate for president...despite not being a democrat, which is fine by me.) supports the idea of free college for all who choose that route.
Well, the feed is getting a tepid at best response, and while life offers us countless opportunities to keep our mouths shut, I 'opined' that what makes a college degree 'valuable' is their (relative) scarcity. While society would 'theoretically' benefit from an over-all 'smarter' populous, would we really? Which is to point out that almost everybody in a position of power these days possesses a college degree and look at the mess our socio-economic climate is (nevermind the climate itself!)
You won't find an educator out there willing to admit that our (or anybody else's for that matter) school system teaches critical reasoning skills because it's something either you were born with or you weren't.
Thus the axiom, 'stupid is permanent, ignorance can be fixed'
Worse, the not so bright will argue that it isn't true, that they are indeed intelligent while spouting all manners of nonsense!
Sadly, this proves the axiom...how unfortunate is it that those who are bold enough to share this observation run the risk of being labeled likewise...and whose to say the claim isn't true as well?
Yet another conundrum!
Thanks for letting me inside your head,
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