Question: I think you’re right, but she is talking about being able to get her > masters > > there with only an extra semester or so because of the AP elective credit > > she received. I think that might be worth it. Her plan (albeit she is > young) > > is PhD eventually. > > My mother graduated from Stanford in the 50’s and wanted to pursue a > PhD > > in English and her father threw a fit and ALSO made her come home and go > to > > secretarial school (you could make money at that if you were a women and > she > > hadn’t found her money making husband at Stanford the way she was supposed > > to). She so hated it she applied to UCLA graduate school of journalism and > > was accepted with a full Tom Trainer journalism scholarship. This was a > good > > thing because CalTech graduate papa thought English was a dumb thing to > > major in and wouldn’t pay another dime for it. > > Times have changed, eh?-B

Nope, times haven’t changed. I’m only paying for education leading to > employment – no liberal arts.

Answer: Here we disagree, Abe. While employment is important, so is education for education’s sake. Without knowing the Classics, without having read Shakespeare, Milton, Keats, without knowing history, having seen and understood great art and music, an engineering job at Lockheed or NASA will make for a pretty empty life, and little appreciation of the world we live in. LA educations can lead to many wonderful careers – teaching, law, journalism, for example. My dentist did her undergrad in English. A couple of months ago, during a conversation with co-workers of different backgrounds, the computer engineer asked “What is the Ides of March?” The conversation stopped dead, as we all realized we were working with a bumpkin. That said, my kids are majoring in sciences – this week anyway. You know, I get tired of people (not just you) talking about drinking schools. A person should have enough esteem and self reliance by the time they’re 18 to avoid things they don’t want to do. Peer pressure is significant when someone is in junior high and beginning of high school, but by the time junior/senior year in high school roll around a person should have gained a perspective on this stuff. That’s a parents job when a child is young, to instill in them that some things are just dumb and hurt you. A lot of the drinking students would be drinking students no matter where they went. Responsibility for ones behavior is their own and not the colleges. If a student falls by the way side it is their own fault, not the schools. I get so tired of people trying to blame everyone but themselves for things. Ownership of ones life should be set by the time they are 15.

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