[Platt quotes Pirsig] "Literature, musicology, art history and philosophology thrive in academic institutions because they are easy to teach."
[Arlo] Are you suggesting we abandon teaching literature, music, art history and philosophy? [Pirsig] You just Xerox something some philosopher has said and make the students discuss it, make them memorize it, and then flunk them at the end of the quarter if they forget it. [Arlo] Yes, we need more teachers like Pirsig. What's your solution to this? [Platt] Actual painting, music composition and creative writing are almost impossible to teach and so barely get in the academic door." (Lila, 26) [Arlo] They are growing, for sure, with no thanks to conservatives and "business model" educationalists who want to "cut the arts" and focus solely on math and science. But there are literally hundreds of great colleges across the nation that have amazing arts programs that teach "actual painting, music composition and creative writing". But do we need more arts in the schools, elementary through the academy? Yes, you bet. [Platt] The man is the master of truth and plain talk. [Arlo] Every time you use pieces of his words out of context to advance your anti-intellectual agenda, an angel dies... Let's remember that Pirsig has been supportive of and endorses getting the MOQ into the Academy. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
