In academics, there are two schools of thought on the issue of undergraduate education.On the one hand, liberal arts schools believe in exactly what Larry suggests - producing well-rounded people. The basic philosophy is that you teach people how to learn, give them a broad overview of the world of learning, and make them life-long students.
On the other hand, there is another philosophy that is more geared toward educating a person for a particular career. This philosophy tends to be more prevalent in technical schools, especially in countries like India and China where competition is fierce and the payoff for success is so high. Ever see the movie "Hoop Dreams" about kids in high school dreaming of making it in the NBA one day? you could make a movie like that in India, only it would be about high school kids dreaming of getting picked up by Infosys as software engineers. So they don't necessarily pay much attention to the "well-rounded person" philosophy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael T. Tangorre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 12:20 PM Subject: RE: Any Economics fans here? > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You're looking at the entire thing wrong. The purpose of college is to > > to produce a well rounded and educated citizen. > > Maybe undergraduate... maybe. Again, this is just my take on things. I was > fortunate enough to go to great catholic schools (catholic not necessarily > being the great part!) my entire life and get a first class education... so > I guess I should have maybe mentioned that first. That being said, the well > rounded parts come from Hihgh school. I did take psychology in high school > and enjoyed it... as well as all the sciences, accounintg, math out the > wazooo and spanish until I was blue in the face. College should have been > more about the disclipline I was interested in, IMO anyway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145420 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
