"SWATT" <gulliano@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:1127865392.690442.107200@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> George Firestone wrote:
>> 45% of Americans believe the planet Earth is about 10,000 years old.
>> It is unbelievable that the public education system in the USA does
>> not teach the rudiments of the scientific method and it is possible
>> that even College and University Graduates can be so ignorant about
>> the planet they live on.
>
> While it is a great disappointment, it's not a surprise or an
> unbelievable fact. I am in full agreement with your view. Many
> universities in the US do not *teach*. They simply *babysit* the
> twenty-something adolescents. This is especially true with private
> universities, like USC (a.k.a. University of Spoiled Chidren),
> Stanford University, University of San Diego, and University of
> Portland, Oregon). My husband is on staff at USC so I have some
> understanding of how it things work at a "babysitting" university. The
> majority of the students view themselves as "consumers" rather than
My best friend is a graduate of the University of Portland. I think she
did
learn a thing or two from UP. I don't know how they teach at UP but I do
know that UP administrators care more about keeping the students "in line"
than supporting their quests for critical and independent thinking. For
example, the University suppressed and 'strongly discouraged' any protest
against the war in Iraq or any disagreement with the Bush administration.
After all, it is a Bush's strong hold in the middle of a "liberal" city in
a "liberal" state of Oregon. My friend also was under the impression that
the University cares more about money than the thing called "education".
Oh well, that's the way it is in a capitalistic country. Isn't it?
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