Well, he does (too much "scheduled" or "pre-arranged" activities that encourage dabbling but no deep committment), but it's definitely not something I can get worked up over. It seems like an excuse to meander in his idea of the perfect liberal arts institution.
I don't see anything wrong with careerism amongst students... indeed, promoting intellectual play without any tether to the real world is not doing students a favor, if they leave college with no real skills and a bunch of debt. When all the students came from wealthy families, they could afford the luxury of wasting time or creating their own lit mags.
Heck, I think it's pretentious to think that one must be in a university setting, with scads of free time, to consider deeply of intellectual subjects. Heck, one can get that experience for free, in real life.
It seems like he's relying on a completely undefined notion of "purpose", which gives me the creeps. Does he think all students attend college for the same reason? Or that they should leave it with the same ambitions?
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I don't see anything wrong with careerism amongst students... indeed, promoting intellectual play without any tether to the real world is not doing students a favor, if they leave college with no real skills and a bunch of debt. When all the students came from wealthy families, they could afford the luxury of wasting time or creating their own lit mags.
Heck, I think it's pretentious to think that one must be in a university setting, with scads of free time, to consider deeply of intellectual subjects. Heck, one can get that experience for free, in real life.
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