Jobs are indistinguishable from degree programs.

On 03/14/2017 03:39 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> One thing I'm struck by is how willing some people are to be tasked by 
> relatively ignorant or ineffectual people.   My guess is that filtering on 
> GPA optimizes for this.   As far as I can tell, the tasked individuals don't 
> perceive that the tasking is getting in the way of their ability to pursue 
> their idea of the Right Thing or finding the Interesting Question.   They 
> might even _want_ the tasking.   I find it very strange.  I always found 
> education to be that obligatory activity that interrupted the thing I wanted 
> to do or the thing that I thought needed to be done.

-- 
☣ glen

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