I think American colleges (idk this is a thing anywhere else in the world) obsession with making students take a few 101 classes “outside their major” their freshman year has really rotted peoples brains. Everyone suddenly thinks their an amateur in that field now cuz they took two weekend courses on it. They all ignore intro classes are usually really poor summations of the field, present complex topics in a reductive manner, and are often taught by adjuncts who’s education wasn’t even in that field. So you get all these Reddit Debate-Bros thinking they “owned” someone better read in the field cuz something they said seems to contradict something they half remember from freshman 101. They never learned by your junior year your professors tell you to throw out half the crap from 101, or that well read autodidacts are usually smarter than 101 teachers.
I think American colleges (idk this is a thing anywhere else in the world) obsession with making students take a few 101 classes “outside their major” their freshman year has really rotted peoples brains. Everyone suddenly thinks their an amateur in that field now cuz they took two weekend courses on it. They all ignore intro classes are usually really poor summations of the field, present complex topics in a reductive manner, and are often taught by adjuncts who’s education wasn’t even in that field. So you get all these Reddit Debate-Bros thinking they “owned” someone better read in the field cuz something they said seems to contradict something they half remember from freshman 101. They never learned by your junior year your professors tell you to throw out half the crap from 101, or that well read autodidacts are usually smarter than 101 teachers.
He's a poli sci major lol :angery:
I mean aren’t like half of the poly sci departments here funded by the Koch bros?
I kind of fell into getting an AA in Public Policy. I never heard the words "socialism" or "communism" in any class.