Mind's Eye Re: Looks like they are finally forcing new groups on us

Here's something you may be interested in reading Rigs. Scroll down to the Heading "Math Is Hard" and read James Taranto's take on Brooks conclusions. 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323393804578559583374805870.html?KEYWORDS=james+taranto+brooks

Hope the link works.

dj

On Sunday, June 23, 2013 4:36:57 PM UTC-5, rigs wrote:

This is the only page I can summon to reply to all. It looks like a cash register! :-) The NYTimes has a couple great opinion pieces today you might enjoy: "The Decline and Fall of the English Major" by Verlyn Klinkenborg and "The Humanist Vocation" by David Brooks. The figures for liberal arts look grim but I am not surprised by the move to more lucrative majors= greed without values? And it really is not new- a friend's father designed weapons or something for WWII and claimed he could always read for his soul later on. Back in the day, women could use an English major plus some typing to become a secretary- I doubt that's on any female's list these days- or at least attempt to live a "cultivated" life as a traditional wife/mother but that disappeared with Women's Lib.
On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 12:12:18 AM UTC-5, archytas wrote:

I for one don't like the new groups format.  Took me a while to work out how to do a new post.  I suppose we might all get used to it.  A few posts have been going missing of late.  I;m hanging fire on contacting Google fr a few days as I've had trouble with other Google services.

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