there is no higher education? It's a mistake to generalize from one case -- or even from what's happening to the University of California & Cal State systems that are turning into private universities or what's happening to big research institutions that are selling out for profit. There are a bunch of other types of higher ed institutions.
On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Chuck Grimes <[email protected]> wrote: > I met a student of California College of Arts and Crafts, who graduated this > June with a BFA. I was sunning myself on the front porch. He asked if I > wanted fifty pounds of terracotta clay. I said no, but I would like to see > it. He showed me two stiff plastic bags. It was obvious the school had given > him useless shit. It had dehydrated and needed to be soaked. I explained how > to do this. He just stared at me as if I was making it up. > > I asked if he ever worked with clay. No. He had never worked with clay. He > didn't know what an armature was or how to build one. > > It really doesn't matter anymore. There is no higher education, so there is > no point in saving it. Sayonara motherfucker. > > Yours > > CG > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
