KTAR.com - Student tracking finds limited learning in college.Back in the old days, when Dr. sipmac could use less suspicion to read the press, he found an appalling article in Time Magazine, so that he couldn't believe his eyes. It was an excerpt of the William Henry III book "In Defense of Elitism", in which he explained the obvious decay in the quality of the college education by a very powerful example: her mother went to a then-considered lightweight university, and to master a Shakespeare course she had to read all the 37 plays knowingly written by the bard, while at the time he was writing his book, a mere 4 basic plays were enough for a "Shakespeare course".
This dismal way to teach college students was Mr. Henry's reason to call for elitism in college admissions, since he felt college education was being dumbed down to facilitate the admission of unworthy students. What an unfortunate choice of word! Dr. sipmac somewhat feels the right term the late Mr. Henry's was looking for was not elitism but excellence. It is (still) not a crime to yearn for excellence in all the areas of human knowledge, and little by little is being recognized the huge decline in education quality at all levels. When you spend a good $ 80.000 to $ 160.000 in a college education with serious flaws that could lead to no job qualification after graduation, well you can fairly assess there is a huge scam in progress with the american higher education system, that maybe reflects what is happening in other parts of the globe.
Studying in a university is supposed to be hard, not fun and games. 
More like "Paper Chase" and less than "Animal House" (as hilarious as it can be, but Senator Blutarsky couln't have a chance in real life, i.e. in his student era). Dr. sipmac really can't see the justification of this cockamamie charade that sinks year after year entire households in debt and seems to serve only to keep estranged-from-reality professors and directing boards making more than a dollar.
Excellence, knowing more, not less. Learning what I need to succeed, not what I need to feel comfortable. Rigorous research and science, not indoctrination disguised as objective knowledge. More education for your hard-earned money, not an outright rip-off.
Sure Dr. sipmac is not saying anything new, but if what he says is so obvious (duh), then why isn't anybody ending this scam?
A debate should be on its way.
This dismal way to teach college students was Mr. Henry's reason to call for elitism in college admissions, since he felt college education was being dumbed down to facilitate the admission of unworthy students. What an unfortunate choice of word! Dr. sipmac somewhat feels the right term the late Mr. Henry's was looking for was not elitism but excellence. It is (still) not a crime to yearn for excellence in all the areas of human knowledge, and little by little is being recognized the huge decline in education quality at all levels. When you spend a good $ 80.000 to $ 160.000 in a college education with serious flaws that could lead to no job qualification after graduation, well you can fairly assess there is a huge scam in progress with the american higher education system, that maybe reflects what is happening in other parts of the globe.
That kind of light load sounded familiar to University of Missouri freshman Julia Rheinecker, who said her first semester of college largely duplicated the work she completed back home in southern Illinois.
"I'm not going to lie," she said. "Most of what I learned this year I already had in high school. It was almost easier my first semester (in college)."
Studying in a university is supposed to be hard, not fun and games. 
More like "Paper Chase" and less than "Animal House" (as hilarious as it can be, but Senator Blutarsky couln't have a chance in real life, i.e. in his student era). Dr. sipmac really can't see the justification of this cockamamie charade that sinks year after year entire households in debt and seems to serve only to keep estranged-from-reality professors and directing boards making more than a dollar.Excellence, knowing more, not less. Learning what I need to succeed, not what I need to feel comfortable. Rigorous research and science, not indoctrination disguised as objective knowledge. More education for your hard-earned money, not an outright rip-off.
Sure Dr. sipmac is not saying anything new, but if what he says is so obvious (duh), then why isn't anybody ending this scam?
A debate should be on its way.
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