Source: UC Santa Barbara
The following is a memo sent to UCSB students on November 9, 2020:
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Source: UC Santa Barbara
The following is a memo sent to UCSB students on November 9, 2020:
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Why would anyone want to go to college anymore? The value of most degrees compared to the amount of debt required to obtain them made them a losing proposition before the lockdowns. Now that all manner of fun is forbidden, I can’t see what appeal university life has left. Better to go out and start a career in a field that has been deemed “essential” by the powers that be and avoid the debt and oppressive culture associated with college.
Yeah, why bother to acquire knowledge and critical thinking skills when you can just decide on a whim what is a fact? We already have about 73 million people like that, though, so competition for those low-level jobs may be tough.
What’s with the 7 day sequestration? If you get a negative result, isn’t that conclusive? Is it now possible that even a negative result isn’t good enough proof?
Well, it’s is heartening to see the kids are still out having fun. Despite what all the stogy old people say, fun is “essential” too.
1:33, I might be inclined to agree with you if colleges actually taught critical thinking skills. They certainly did historically, but that is no longer their focus. The college environment today is all about conformity. There is no tolerance for any personal expression or independent thinking that deviates from accepted institutional viewpoints. Diversity of thought is strictly prohibited and those who fail to confirm are subjected to “cancel culture.” Most students in most majors would be financially and intellectually better served starting a career rather than spending four years taking on debt and being taught how to conform rather than think for themselves. I think most 4 year degree graduates would struggle to write a competent cover letter to attach to a job application, let alone demonstrate any reasonable level of critical thinking.
1:49 – I get that you can get infected right after getting tested, but the first test after returning from an out of town trip should indicate whether you caught it on your travels. So, why do another one? Chemicalsuperfreak’s explanation makes sense, but testing again just do be sure you didn’t get it right after getting tested the first time seems silly. If that were the case, we’d be getting tested after getting tested after getting tested, etc etc etc. right?
Nice Chip – Anti-Academia became a big thing with the rise of Trumpism. Party of the poopy Populism. Thanks for parroting like a mindless sheep. My degrees have always gotten me have always kept me gainfully employed.
It doesn’t sound like you’ve set foot in a University in some time….
Someone who didn’t learn critical thinking skills would say what 1:54 PM says, and tend to parrot misinformation from social media. The evidence points that way, for sure.
Right. Multiple tests if you’ve interacted at all, with the most accurate tests possible, is the best you can do. You can see with the White House that even multiple tests (though they used inaccurate ones) aren’t enough if you don’t have interaction discipline.