I disagree. For example, at some point in the future I would like to study ancient european languages (specifically saxon, old norse and old Irish). I know I will never get a job doing these things but I still want to learn.
There is nothing stopping you from learning these languages, there are probably apps that can do it for free. Universities should only teach things that will lead to direct jobs/skills. Period. Having these non-essential things was the pathway that brought us to feminist dance theory bullshit tier courses, that parents pay for and do nothing but corrupt the minds of kids. I don't think there is anything wrong with any languages, especially the ones you want to learn (they are the languages of my ancestors and I would like to learn then too). Things like languages would be best taught in a school for languages. Feminist dance theory could also have their own schools if they wish, but would not get access to federal funding just because it is attached to a university, so they would actually have to work to provide something of value where people would want to go and pay money for it. A language school would work under its own funding. A feminist dance theory school would close the doors shortly after opening.
What jobs do philosophy degrees prepare students for, or the classics? Would you also get rid of those degree courses because they don’t produce a direct route to some shitty job? Universities are institutions of learning and education, they are not merely to produce fodder for the investment classes to take advantage of, and if the investment classes want their fodder maybe they should be the ones setting up schools rather than expecting the fodder to pay through their taxes.
I studied philosophy and it helped me be a better teacher, for sure. The law students with the highest LSAT scored either majored in science or philosphy. I don't think you need a university to learn it but in a world saturated in propaganda and lies, philosphy is fantastic for helping to understand truth.
There is nothing stopping you from learning these languages, there are probably apps that can do it for free.
Not to the degree that a university degree would. Old Irish (in particular) is only taught at an undergrad level at one university I'm aware of (NUI Maynooth). The fact is that once you move beyond high school and technical courses, some subjects are very obscure and only taught in universities.
Universities should only teach things that will lead to direct jobs/skills. Period.
Why? The idea that universities should be job training centers everyone should go to is a very new one. The original concept of a classical education was to train the mind rather than teach specific facts, so the learner could approach any situation in adult life and triumph. Hence the focus on subjects like language, philosophy and mathematics.
Having these non-essential things was the pathway that brought us to feminist dance theory bullshit tier courses, that parents pay for and do nothing but corrupt the minds of kids.
Firstly, no. Universities had non job specific courses far longer than they had job specific courses, and the result was not feminist dance theory. That kind of nonsense is a very recent development and correlates with jews, not academic independence.
I don't think there is anything wrong with any languages, especially the ones you want to learn (they are the languages of my ancestors and I would like to learn then too). Things like languages would be best taught in a school for languages.
And it might be useful to have other related disciplines cooperating together in those schools, like history, archeology and classics experts. Almost like a "flowing together." Maybe we could adopt the latin word for such a thing, like "university."
Feminist dance theory could also have their own schools if they wish, but would not get access to federal funding just because it is attached to a university, so they would actually have to work to provide something of value where people would want to go and pay money for it.
Now you've hit the real issue: Public funding of universities. Universities used to get by on grants, fees and endowments, introducing public money into the mix created a central point of failure which jews could and did exploit.
I got a plumber out to unblock my jacks years ago and when chatting to him he told he had completed a degree in the classics. I asked him how he ended up being a plumber then and he said he’d always been a plumber but had studied classics in his 30s because he was very interested in it. Education can be its own reward and shouldn’t be viewed simply as producing fodder for industry.
Yep!
I do agree though that public money shouldn't be ploughed into useless degrees.
People should be paying for college. It’s the same middle class kids going to college today as did when proper fees were in place, but now they have the readies to go on four month jollies abroad every summer. I grew up with a lot of those kinda people and we all would’ve gone to college whether there were fees or not, but there are few things more difficult to reverse in this world than middle class entitlements (according to Thomas Sowell anyway).
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