Hi, KW>> Like, whoever uses what they went to college for?
> Although many people do not use their college knowledge actively, good > college education should help them assess the world better, search for > relevant information, and make better informed choices (and that > includes politics and advertisement choices!). Just my opinion. Hear, hear! It is the sign of a civilized culture when the universities offer 'useless' degrees. This means that people can study a subject for its own sake, not for vocational reasons and not as some form of cheap training for the corporations. The education secretary here in Britain, a man who has already got his degree in philosophy, revealed himself last year to be an out-and-out philistine and yahoo by saying that education for its own sake was 'a bit dodgy' and that 'students need a relationship with the workplace'. The background to this was that people were questioning the value of studying Classics. Incidentally, I use what I went to college for. I continue to speak French and Spanish when the occasion arises; I still read books magazines and newspapers in those languages. I am interested in their cultures, among others, and I have retained an interest in linguistics. -- Cheers, Bob
