tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post5397331450930090122..comments2024-03-24T21:12:27.165-07:00Comments on 100 Reasons NOT to Go to Graduate School: 72. The humanities and social sciences are in trouble.100 Reasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13655155303350793785noreply@blogger.comBlogger101125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-33450883122655948582016-01-23T10:20:27.206-08:002016-01-23T10:20:27.206-08:00Having lived and been to the equivalent of high sc...Having lived and been to the equivalent of high school in Europe (actually Norway, there is no single "Europe system"), I take strong exception to the idea that "their system is more efficient," a meme that even teachers at said high school would have taken issue with.<br /><br />Also, with such a system, just you wait until race enters the picture. That's a principal reason why such a track system would be unworkable politically in the US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-2039287884959213912015-06-12T11:52:58.414-07:002015-06-12T11:52:58.414-07:00See:
"Conservatives, Please Stop Trashing th...See:<br /><br />"Conservatives, Please Stop Trashing the Liberal Arts"<br />http://www.wsj.com/articles/christopher-scalia-conservatives-please-stop-trashing-the-liberal-arts-1427494073<br /><br />-and-<br /><br />"Who Trashes Liberal Arts"<br />http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2015/03/31/who-trashes-liberal-arts-n1978500Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-5313452013122899322015-06-02T16:03:38.841-07:002015-06-02T16:03:38.841-07:00My last experience with an Indian national TA invo...My last experience with an Indian national TA involved an essay question on a homework set. Answering the question from the course reading was insufficient - unless you went to the secret internet site (unknown to most of the students in the class save one - you guessed it - another Indian national) that gave an answer *AND PRINTED OUT THE PAGE AS YOUR RESPONSE* no credit was given.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-61468563220643900192015-06-02T15:55:27.368-07:002015-06-02T15:55:27.368-07:00WTF is a university doing with a cafe offering a b...WTF is a university doing with a cafe offering a brie and apple panini?!?!?! Have someone's cogs completely slipped or what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-79174066003538328922014-11-30T12:05:44.447-08:002014-11-30T12:05:44.447-08:00There's no real shortage of blue-collar worker...There's no real shortage of blue-collar workers. The US has the most welcoming immigration "system" on the planet and even welcomes illegal immigrants with open arms and goodies. <br /><br />No other country in the world does this on as great a scale.<br /><br />We annually admit far more people than there are jobs created.<br /><br />Because of this and the overall global economic slowdown, there are virtually no upward pressures on wages. Wages have not kept pace with inflation for many years. We have extremely high levels of "unofficial" unemployment. Thanks to the ACA (Obamacare), most jobs created are now part-time. The workforce participation rate is the lowest it's been in decades.<br /><br />Hence, "blue-collar worker shortage" is a fiction. Just like "STEM worker shortage" is a fiction. Both have been used to game US immigration policy for over two decades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-83232960208677950712014-11-22T06:25:31.014-08:002014-11-22T06:25:31.014-08:00theamericanscholar.org/the-decline-of-the-english-...theamericanscholar.org/the-decline-of-the-english-departmentAnti-منافقnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-13039197201836790112014-11-22T06:20:11.234-08:002014-11-22T06:20:11.234-08:00@Anonymous (June 1, 2013 at 1753 hours)
[ smh.com...@Anonymous (June 1, 2013 at 1753 hours)<br /><br />[ smh.com.au/national/education/academics-accuse-universities-of-addiction-to-international-students-and-their-cheating-20141112-11lbdi.html ]<br /><br />[ smh.com.au/news/Opinion/No-time-to-learn-for-learnings-sake-when-a-degree-is-at-stake/2005/06/02/1117568316670.html ]<br /><br />[ overland.org.au/2011/02/‘oh-the-humanities’-or-a-critique-of-crisis ] <br />– that mentioned, I reckon you know what I mean when I state (no pun intended) to somebody who hailed from Victoria, British Columbia (BC) that "Australia is NOT Canada".University of New South Wales (UNSW) alumnusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-80940652914938068452014-11-22T06:07:32.734-08:002014-11-22T06:07:32.734-08:00@Aaron G:
I refer to your comment: "The bigg...@Aaron G:<br /><br />I refer to your comment: "The bigger problem is that your [Teaching Assistant] didn't seem to know his subject. "<br /><br />I had one (an Indian national) who REFUSE to acknowledge my answer that "Romanian" was a Latin (Romance) language at a political science class approximately over a decade ago when he asked the tutorial who knew what "Latin" Languages were. University of NSW alumnusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-11347212242262280702014-11-22T05:59:59.665-08:002014-11-22T05:59:59.665-08:00To "stem doctor":
[ lambdassociates . o...To "stem doctor":<br /><br />[ lambdassociates . org / blog / decline . htm ]<br /><br />Note that this article was written by a former Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) academic – I am sure that will satiate EVERYBODY'S HONOUR. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-85891286192848930732014-11-22T05:54:35.801-08:002014-11-22T05:54:35.801-08:00@stem doctor:
What foreign language(s) did you d...@stem doctor: <br /><br />What foreign language(s) did you do? I am sure you are aware about how VIGOROUS they are if you wish to be PROFESSIONALLY-accredited: <br /><br />[ supportservices.org.au/noticeboard/file?id=b5a9edabc65a73e41b933245cb3b563e&file=file ]<br /><br />[ atanet.org/certification/certification_FAQ.php ]Anti-منافقnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-61831138523059321002014-09-21T13:28:50.278-07:002014-09-21T13:28:50.278-07:00It's an interesting quote, but it just doesn&#...It's an interesting quote, but it just doesn't work this way anymore. Your political science degree may get you a job cleaning up at Starbucks. If you study military science - and use it - you'll probably end up worse off, and so will your kids even presuming you ever get financially secure enough to have any.<br /><br />What comes closest to securing the opportunities of the next generation is wealth and connections in the preceding one. It's that simple, and without them, there is nothing but ever more impoverished servitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-60247763535668629582014-08-17T15:40:12.811-07:002014-08-17T15:40:12.811-07:00"Chasing boys" was good enough for Nancy..."Chasing boys" was good enough for Nancy Kwan in Lt. Robinson Crusoe... (1967, Disney).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-25883451585077052142014-03-30T12:43:26.665-07:002014-03-30T12:43:26.665-07:00Who says science isn't fun for shits and giggl...Who says science isn't fun for shits and giggles, not to mention staggeringly wasteful?<br /><br />"Pressures Produced When Penguins Pooh -- Calculations on Avian Defaecation", Polar Biology, 2003<br />“Whether the bird deliberately chooses the direction into which it decides to expel its faeces or whether this depends on the direction from which the wind blows at the time of evacuation are questions that need to be addressed on another expedition to Antarctica.” - Yeah, that's more important than promoting literacy, any day - and our government will fund this to find out which way the shit blows. Shits and giggles indeed.<br /><br /><br />"Ovulatory Cycle Effects on Tip Earnings by Lap Dancers: Economic Evidence for Human Estrus?" Evolution and Human Behavior, 2007<br />The grant money was issued in $1 bills to the researchers and subsequently to the test subjects.<br /><br />"Effects of Backward Speech and Speaker Variability in Language Discrimination by Rats," Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, vol. 31, no. 1, January 2005<br />Because we had to know whether rats really could understand Japanese spoken backwards. .eiI ?Ak used iiorihsomo omettoM However, indications are that backmasked Japanese heavy metal will not induce satanic rioting by rat hordes. Kind of pointless given that it was demonstrated in the movie "Rock and Roll High School" that exposure to the music of the Ramones caused lab rats to vanish in little puffs of smoke.<br /><br />"Effects of cocaine on honey bee dance behaviour"<br />- Journal of Experimental Biology 2008<br />With added cocaine, honey bees are more likely to dance and dance with increased frenzy. Future studies may involve building little discotheques.<br /><br />"During 2012, the National Science Foundation gave researchers at Purdue University $350,000... part of that money to help fund a study that discovered that if golfers imagine that a hole is bigger it will help them with their putting." What are the other practical applications of this? The mind boggles.<br /><br />"Climate Change in the American Mind" Yale University Project on Climate Change Communication<br />- Because money needs to be spent on basic scientific research outlining exactly why Americans are becoming increasingly leery of the climate change paradigm. Better propaganda is needed, and NSF dollars must be spent to develop it!<br /><br />S. M. McGinn, D. Turner, N. Tomkins, E. Charmley, G. Bishop-Hurley, D. Chen. Methane Emissions from Grazing Cattle Using Point-Source Dispersion. Journal of Environment Quality, 2011; 40 (1): 22<br />"...technique centered on using open-path lasers to obtain a short-term measurement of methane release from an entire grazing herd..." Now THAT's fun for shits and giggles. Better than watching pot smoke in the laser show at a BOC concert in the 70s.<br /><br />Science = useful, my ass. Especially when tax $$$ get thrown around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-77288711648656898252014-03-30T11:52:49.609-07:002014-03-30T11:52:49.609-07:00... and all it will take is a few EMPs or solar fl...... and all it will take is a few EMPs or solar flares, and that entire infrastructure will be wiped out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-48175926966645971582014-03-30T11:49:20.845-07:002014-03-30T11:49:20.845-07:00...and kill yourself for 8 years with nothing to s......and kill yourself for 8 years with nothing to show for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-15721914224751247622013-09-26T22:33:19.612-07:002013-09-26T22:33:19.612-07:00common sense. here
USA must spend 100-200 Billion...common sense. here<br /><br />USA must spend 100-200 Billion on education.<br /><br />USA has 3500 colleges.<br /><br />Tape best lectures on math/science/engineering/humanities.<br /><br />Post all lectures online for free free free.<br /><br />University of california <br /><br />University of Texas <br /><br />University of michigan.<br /><br />USA has 300 Million people. there are 3 billion people on internet.<br /><br />Ten times the amount of people on internet.<br /><br />3 billion people can see internet university.<br /><br />Open university<br /><br />Internet university<br /><br />Web University<br /><br />Yes. internet, give to internet university....<br /><br />Three billion can benefit from Free free free internet univeristy....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-44079071945984661862013-08-25T16:24:46.396-07:002013-08-25T16:24:46.396-07:00humanities/social sciences gone gone gone by 2020....humanities/social sciences gone gone gone by 2020. All free free free on internet. <br /><br />Tim Lee gave WorldwideWeb (Web) away for Free Free Free. <br /><br />Tim Lee was invited to 2012 London olympics because he gave away his Web for free free free and did NOT make a single penny off the Web. <br /><br />Coursera<br /><br />Edx<br /><br />Udacity.<br /><br />MIT 2000 Free courses.<br /><br />All the humanities/social sciences/ science lectures/books is now Free free free.<br /><br />One digital lecture can reach Millions, billions. worldwide. anytime anywhere.<br /><br />One digital course can reach Millions/Billions worldwide anytime anywhere for 7 billion people in earth by 2020<br /><br />2020: all humanities/social sciences/science lectures will be free free free free free for all on <br /><br />Web free free free<br /><br />Web free free free<br /><br />Web. free free freeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-5079037845335263132013-08-19T21:38:11.625-07:002013-08-19T21:38:11.625-07:00Free free free
Free free free at Free public libr...Free free free<br /><br />Free free free at Free public library with Free library pass.<br /><br />english<br /><br />philosophy<br /><br />literature<br /><br />shakespeare<br /><br />arts<br /><br />social sciences<br /><br />humanities<br /><br />modern art<br /><br />Nothing wrong with these subjects.<br /><br />You can study all day/night plato, aristotle. hume, camus, einstein, newton, law, literature. History.<br /><br />FREE FREE FREE AND STILL FREE FREE FREE<br /><br />All these material is Free Free Free at Public library/Public internet/web.<br /><br />Free Free Free and still Free Free Free with Free library pass. <br /><br />All Free free free. Folks. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-67432567975948513382013-08-17T21:47:26.506-07:002013-08-17T21:47:26.506-07:00Free free free and still free free free
public li...Free free free and still free free free<br /><br />public library <br /><br />public internet<br /><br />edx<br /><br />coursera<br /><br />google <br /><br />facebook. <br /><br />web<br /><br />web <br /><br />web.<br /><br />Free free free and still Free free free. <br /><br />Zero money. what better than Free free free. All Free free free and still Free Free Free and still free free freeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-59511123642970953692013-06-02T19:57:58.603-07:002013-06-02T19:57:58.603-07:00"All these material is Free Free Free."
..."All these material is Free Free Free."<br /><br />NO, they most certainly are NOT.<br /><br />CNN is paid for by cable subscription.<br />PBS is paid for with tax dollars AND donations.<br />The public library is paid for with tax dollars and donations.<br />"Public" internet is "free" for the cost of access, cost of equipment, and maintained and made available with tax dollars.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-18362138168894341592013-06-01T17:53:35.419-07:002013-06-01T17:53:35.419-07:00The same thing happens in sciences and engineering...The same thing happens in sciences and engineering. We are giving the store away to international students who cut, paste and cheat their way through graduate degree programs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-74089916995159605652013-05-28T22:47:51.594-07:002013-05-28T22:47:51.594-07:00You mean, the local metropolitan public library wh...You mean, the local metropolitan public library where you can find a dozen copies of "Inferno" but nothing by Dante? The same 'library' that is hocking "old, less circulated" books to help make the administrative budget? The same 'library' that is buying computers for porn surfing while the math section gets gutted?<br /><br />The only 'free' here is freedom from responsibility with public resources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-79021963825219664512012-08-01T11:59:05.688-07:002012-08-01T11:59:05.688-07:00INTERNET/WEB/GOOGLE: education. public education.
...INTERNET/WEB/GOOGLE: education. public education.<br /><br />USA, world must spend $100-300 billion worldwide on k-12, higher education. Billion. Billions Billions of Dollars worldwide each each.<br /><br />$100 BILLION can education all seven, 7-billion people on earth.<br /><br />HARVARD/MIT/STANFORD/YALE/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/UNIVERISTY OF MICHIGAN: Give it All Away.<br /><br />BILL GATES/WARREN BUFFETT: GIVING PLEDGE<br /><br />MIT/HARVARD/STANFORD: GIVING AWAY FREE FREE FREE<br /><br />TIM BERNERS LEE/2012 Olympic Honored: Inventor of the WorldWide Web: Gave it Away Free Free Free to world.<br /><br />Yes. Yes. Yes: give it away Free Free Free.<br /><br />World will be better place for All 7-billion people.<br /><br />SEVEN BILLION PEOPLE CAN ALL BENEFIT WITH WORLD-CLASS EDUCAITON.Galileo Galileihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06339462598518267487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-86569079493664587012012-06-03T00:10:02.477-07:002012-06-03T00:10:02.477-07:00Humanities: Free Free Free
Social sciences: Free...Humanities: Free Free Free<br /><br />Social sciences: Free Free Free at Public Library/Public internet<br /><br />CNN<br /><br />PBS<br /><br />S-SPAN<br /><br />All these material is Free Free Free.<br /><br />All you need is Free Free public library pass to the local public library...<br /><br />Free Free Free to All Free citizens....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-54832291909271011392012-05-03T11:41:52.441-07:002012-05-03T11:41:52.441-07:00its doesnt make sense to get a phd in the humaniti...its doesnt make sense to get a phd in the humanities to kill yourself for 8 years in school and then have nothing to show for it. much better to enter the workforce after you graduate from undergrad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com