In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students’ midterm. It was about the…

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    17 hours ago

    Yes, but school is there to teach you to use brain. Why go school if no use brain?

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        Goodhart’s law: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

        Used to be that a college degree indicated people with time, money, and drive to put four years into study. It was a good measure of the “right” kind of person. Now it’s just another job requirement and doesn’t indicate anything.

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          13 hours ago

          My first job required a bachelor’s degree because AND I QUOTE “So we know you can read and write in English”

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      Why pay astronomical tuition, room and board, textbooks, all of it, just to learn nothing and use chat got. The bottom of the article said a professor at Brown thought all but 2 of his students cheated. At Brown. We’re so fucked.

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        These selective colleges aren’t about education, they’re about getting you into a club with the other assholes that likely cheated their way through business school and got jobs the same way.

        Same with private high schools in the us. They aren’t teaching kids to read, math or think, they’re teaching them that being born rich means you get to be in charge of the plebs (which includes the professors and instructors at these institutions).

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      16 hours ago

      Teenagers aren’t really known for making great decisions.

      Source: was once a teenager, made bad decisions.