Comment by cdogl
2 years ago
Many academics have these skills; whether the higher education system is effective at teaching them and delivers an experience worth the significant cost to students (or here in Australia, also the publics).
2 years ago
Many academics have these skills; whether the higher education system is effective at teaching them and delivers an experience worth the significant cost to students (or here in Australia, also the publics).
I would argue that it's clearly the most effective system at training people to do this. It's fine to imagine (and try to create) alternative systems that would work better. But there isn't one now.
Constructive criticism is good. But what I mostly see (and often do myself) is just grousing.
Yeah you’re not wrong at all. I’m not saying “down with academia” or anything like that.
Just that attributing the work and work ethic of an individual to the institution of academia is weird and fosters and propagates elitism.