(06-30-2021, 04:37 PM)cerich67 Wrote: Extreme far left or right driven schools have agenda over academics. There are plenty of both that cater to our increasingly divided society.

I would no more wish to attend a religion/faith based university than I would a extreme left progressive one. The reality however is that going to one that aligns with your circles as far as politics is more likely to lead to career success in many cases than not. Live in deep south bible belt and you are white, get a degree at something like Liberty and you will be well accepted in that society, live in new York in Manhattan and you will be accepted if you have a progressive school pedigree.

That is the reality of where we are as a society today.

(06-30-2021, 09:46 PM)LevelUP Wrote:

(06-30-2021, 04:37 PM)cerich67 Wrote: Extreme far left or right driven schools have agenda over academics. There are plenty of both that cater to our increasingly divided society.

I would no more wish to attend a religion/faith based university than I would a extreme left progressive one. The reality however is that going to one that aligns with your circles as far as politics is more likely to lead to career success in many cases than not. Live in deep south bible belt and you are white, get a degree at something like Liberty and you will be well accepted in that society, live in new York in Manhattan and you will be accepted if you have a progressive school pedigree.

That is the reality of where we are as a society today.

Good point that things can become authoritarian on both the right and left sides.  Liberty College seems like it oversteps its bounds when they are regulating student conduct outside the classroom.  

I remember some colleges suspending kids from school for posting legal gun pictures on social media or in one case just "liking" someone else's gun photo.

Social media you have to be careful because something that is perfectly acceptable today might not be 5-10yrs from now and someone might hold it against you.  Employers are now checking social media before they hire people.

(07-01-2021, 12:05 PM)wow Wrote: One person's opinion does not make a thing true, but it is great for reinforcing existing beliefs. If you already believe that the American education system is oppressively liberal, then this article helps to bolster your belief. If you don't believe that, a lot of what she says will come across as a result of gaps in cultural knowledge and communication.

(07-01-2021, 12:05 PM)wow Wrote: One person's opinion does not make a thing true, but it is great for reinforcing existing beliefs. If you already believe that the American education system is oppressively liberal, then this article helps to bolster your belief. If you don't believe that, a lot of what she says will come across as a result of gaps in cultural knowledge and communication.

(07-01-2021, 02:17 PM)dfrecore Wrote:

(07-01-2021, 12:05 PM)wow Wrote: One person's opinion does not make a thing true, but it is great for reinforcing existing beliefs. If you already believe that the American education system is oppressively liberal, then this article helps to bolster your belief. If you don't believe that, a lot of what she says will come across as a result of gaps in cultural knowledge and communication.

I listened to her on Jordan Peterson's podcast - she practically made him cry when she said that she learned nothing at Columbia except to keep her mouth shut and play to the teachers.  She couldn't come up with a single instructor in 4 years that she felt was even decent at imparting knowledge.  She said it was 100% propaganda and woke crap. She said she felt as imprisoned here as in North Korea.

If you haven't listened to her, you should - it was amazing. Her entire journey.  It's too bad her first chance at a decent life here in the US was this.  I think she's ok now, and living a good life, but her first 4 years were no picnic.  She should have been THRILLED to be somewhere like Columbia, but instead she was disappointed in our education system.  How's that for a North Korean defector and former sex slave?!?  It's unbelievable that this is where we're at.

So yeah, one person's opinion is just that - but her life carries a little more weight since she actually KNOWS what oppression is.  She has lived slavery.  She knows censorship. The fact that she felt it here...that's just awful.  And I believe her too.

(07-01-2021, 02:17 PM)dfrecore Wrote:

(07-01-2021, 12:05 PM)wow Wrote: One person's opinion does not make a thing true, but it is great for reinforcing existing beliefs. If you already believe that the American education system is oppressively liberal, then this article helps to bolster your belief. If you don't believe that, a lot of what she says will come across as a result of gaps in cultural knowledge and communication.

I listened to her on Jordan Peterson's podcast - she practically made him cry when she said that she learned nothing at Columbia except to keep her mouth shut and play to the teachers.  She couldn't come up with a single instructor in 4 years that she felt was even decent at imparting knowledge.  She said it was 100% propaganda and woke crap. She said she felt as imprisoned here as in North Korea.

If you haven't listened to her, you should - it was amazing. Her entire journey.  It's too bad her first chance at a decent life here in the US was this.  I think she's ok now, and living a good life, but her first 4 years were no picnic.  She should have been THRILLED to be somewhere like Columbia, but instead she was disappointed in our education system.  How's that for a North Korean defector and former sex slave?!?  It's unbelievable that this is where we're at.

So yeah, one person's opinion is just that - but her life carries a little more weight since she actually KNOWS what oppression is.  She has lived slavery.  She knows censorship. The fact that she felt it here...that's just awful.  And I believe her too.