Subj : Re: Screens Distract Stud
To   : Dr. What
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Sun Mar 30 2025 14:04:19

 DW> I understand the idea of being a "well rounded" student, but it seemed
 DW> to me that the actual policy was geared toward making students have to
 DW> take classes by worthless professors.  Oh, and more money for the
 DW> college.  So even back in the mid/late 80's, the rot was already setting
 DW> in.

I enjoyed the Anthropology course, but if I had the chance to take ANTH 102 right now, I'd say "No thanks."

Having a well-rounded education sounds good, but it needs to be a real education. Like you said, the English/writing courses were useful, I think math was great too, but the Anthropological studies are based on "some guy's" experience, and that leads to ridiculous biases about people from specific places. Same thing with Philosophy. All that class does it encourages people to let the experts do the thinking :)

 DW> Yes, the Dunning-Kruger Effect is alive and well on college campuses.

I was guilty of it for a while, but I grew out of it. Now days I really, really want other people to break free of it.

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