24. RE: private vs. state colleges (Perelman, Michael) <<We subsidize students to do 2. (middle class union cards) because of the political influence of the middle class and because it would be unfair to overtly deny access to credentials to those without money.
We know why we do 2. (see above). This is forgivable but not particularly defensible. The real question is why society bothers with it >> I'm not sure it's forgivable and is a partial failure of the ed. system ( for example the elementary school parodied in the Simpsons ). Not unlike the thread on astrology (sic) we are distracted by the reproductive and legitimating activities of false consciousness, like reading one's horoscope (Adorno) or even responding to stuff like banning Simpsons "underachiever" t-shirts in the actual elementary schools. Ann ( who wishes she were provost ( not dean ) of Mars University in Futurama - "Knowledge Brings Fear" ) I do of course endorse the parodic subversion of the Simpsons over the vulgar satire of Family Guy and South Park. The latter simply reproduces the ideological terrain: those gender, race and class divisions not unlike Limbaugh et al with only random sparks of intelligence. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
