>when my parents went to college, they discussed issues in class with
>tenured professors who were internationally renowned experts in their
>field. from what i've heard, that was normal. neither of my parents
>attended a class with more than fifty students, or took a class taught
>entirely by a TA or graduate student. my own experience was entirely
>different, significantly less rewarding, and much less valuable in daily
>life. it had little to do with comprehension or retention, and much to do
>with conforming one's behavior to the monthly whims of a bureaucracy.
IMO, that's largely because decades ago, higher education was sought out
by those truly interested in learning and using their brains. These days
it's treated as an entitlement. We get cranked through the university
mills so that we "can get a better job." It's become little more than
vocational training. Most of my current classmates aren't going to
university because they're deep thinkers. When my father graduated from
high school (many moons ago), he was one of only a handful of classmates
to attend college, and the whole damn town knew about them.
In the end, however, I think the college experience is largely what the
individual makes of it. It may be a mill to many, but that doesn't mean I
can't take advantage of what it does have to offer, even if the others
don't.
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