Taste of Death wrote:I have a degree in literature and am currently an MFA candidate. I won't be going to any of JP's parties. He sounds like he drinks Bud Light.
"Peterson says that "disciplines like women's studies should be defunded," advising freshman students to avoid subjects like sociology, anthropology, English literature, ethnic studies, and racial studies, as well as other fields of study that he believes are corrupted by the neo-Marxist ideology. He believes these fields to propagate cult-like behaviour and safe-spaces, under the pretense of academic inquiry." - Wikipedia
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It is later on thru self learning on the Declaration of Independence, and on work by Thomas Paine and Frédéric Bastiat I asked myself why I was never taught them in university. Actually these fundamental value should be taught in kindergarden,
All the so called social science program most of them can all be easily be drafted under one subject: ethics and moral, it's pointless spending so much resources or time on them. Keep it simple.
Do you mean that by being interested in your self, by learning more about your self, you become more curious about the topic at hand?
Steve James wrote:I understand how "do what you like" can be considered hedonistic or self-indulgent. Actually, it's the opposite. It means that if a student picks courses that he'll be eager to work hard at, he's more likely to be successful. Iow, if he enjoys the hard work, it's not even work. Can you imagine a theoretical physicist who doesn't enjoy doing physics 12 hours a day?
Overlord wrote:When I was doing me science major, I was forced to take at least two social studies subjects by the university. They were neither relevent nor constructive to my studies of science and future business endeavor.
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