A Defense of a Liberal Arts Education

[Jarod]

Mathematics is the language of science. You can't understand physics without knowing higher math.

There’s a difference between understanding, lower math and being able to actually do the computation.

 

[Uncensored2008]

You almost never see anyone at Starbucks over the age of 25,

which means the employees with liberal arts degrees eventually go to law school, get teaching certificates, or get set up in some other kind of professional career.

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[Jerry Mathers]

There’s a difference between understanding, lower math and being able to actually do the computation.

yes.

they say Einstein was actually bad at math.

 

[Jarod]

yes.

they say Einstein was actually bad at math.

I read that, he failed basic arithmetic. Same with Feinman.

 

[Cypress]

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So you won't deny everyone you see working at Starbucks is under 25, which logically means the liberal arts grad employees eventually transition to graduate schools, law schools, teaching certificates, etc

 

[Earl]

One of the tellers at my bank has a degree in Psychology. She is bilingual and probably poorly paid but commensurate with her degree.

 

[Uncensored2008]

So you won't deny everyone you see working at Starbucks is under 25,

I'd say absolute declaratives are indicative of a weak and uneducated mind.

which logically means the liberal arts grad employees eventually transition to graduate schools, law schools, teaching certificates, etc

Oh, is that what it means...

ROFL

You're putting your Gender Fluidity Studies degree through it's paces, I see.

 

[Uncensored2008]

One of the tellers at my bank has a degree in Psychology. She is bilingual and probably poorly paid but commensurate with her degree.

That's an interesting one. Psychology isn't an easy major. It's on the STEM side of the aisle and generally includes the math and statistical requirements of other STEM programs.

Most who graduate end up school counselors or in HR.

 

[Earl]

That's an interesting one. Psychology isn't an easy major. It's on the STEM side of the aisle and generally includes the math and statistical requirements of other STEM programs.

Most who graduate end up school counselors or in HR.

Or as bank tellers. Since she is bi-lingual, she could do much better as a translator,

 

[Uncensored2008]

Or as bank tellers. Since she is bi-lingual, she could do much better as a translator,

I'm just pointing out that those who want a degree without much effort are better off sticking to Liberal Arts programs.

Science and Business require serious effort.

 

[Earl]

I'm just pointing out that those who want a degree without much effort are better off sticking to Liberal Arts programs.

Science and Business require serious effort.

Agreed…my niece who lives in Puerto Rico is fluent in Spanish and English and I took her to an interview here in Atlanta with Delta and they offered her a very large salary but she turned it down.

 

[Rusty Bell 65]

I'm just pointing out that those who want a degree without much effort are better off sticking to Liberal Arts programs.

Science and Business require serious effort.

That's why football players take basket weaving. They seem to do pretty well...

 

[Walt]

You can get a BA from many schools

Dance, Performance, Choreography, and Theory Concentration, B.A.

The Bachelor of Arts in Dance with concentration in Performance, Choreography and Theory is a comprehensive program of classes in technique and performance, creative process, production, history…

academics.charlotte.edu

Dance & Performance Studies | Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

tdps.berkeley.edu

That is in the School or Art and Architecture, so definitely not a liberal arts degree. It is a speciality degree.

UCLA offers a doctorate..

Again, by definition not a liberal arts degree.

During my MBA program, I had to have my son tutor me in Calculus.

There is no way on earth someone should be accepted into an MBA program without good knowledge of Calculus.

If I had my way, Calculus would be required to get into a four year college, but that is just me.

Mathematics is the language of science. You can't understand physics without knowing higher math.

I agree, but am far less sure than before LLMs. LLM understand the world through language, and appear to have a great understanding of science. It seems like we do a lot more of our thinking in words than we used to think.

 

[Walt]

Agreed…my niece who lives in Puerto Rico is fluent in Spanish and English and I took her to an interview here in Atlanta with Delta and they offered her a very large salary but she turned it down.

Having a diverse skill set is important.

 

[Lionfish]

Kay Carvajal Moran co-chairs the Minneapolis Park Board’s finance committee, helping oversee decisions involving millions in taxpayer dollars. During a spending resolution, she was unable to read aloud three dollar amounts and needed another commissioner to read them for her. She can read numbers — moments earlier, she recited a six-digit contract number without assistance. She was born and raised in Minneapolis and is a college graduate.

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[Into the Night]

Public. Graduated 1975.

Too bad you never learned history, mathematics, logic, science, philosophy, or English.

It's truly amazing the illiteracy high school graduates have these days.

 

[Into the Night]

Having a diverse skill set is important.

Illiteracy is not a skill set.

 

[Uncensored2008]

That is in the School or Art and Architecture, so definitely not a liberal arts degree. It is a speciality degree.

Oh, Berkley is?

Well, that's as accurate as most of the idiotic shit you post.

Again, by definition not a liberal arts degree.

Yet still dance theory- which your fellow Marxist claimed doesn't exist.

There is no way on earth someone should be accepted into an MBA program without good knowledge of Calculus.

It is a prerequisite for Statistics, so you can't complete.

If I had my way, Calculus would be required to get into a four year college, but that is just me.

I would that it should be part of the course work.

If so, we'd never see another leftist with a 4 year degree.

I agree, but am far less sure than before LLMs. LLM understand the world through language, and appear to have a great understanding of science. It seems like we do a lot more of our thinking in words than we used to think.

Again, specifically physics. And AI obviously "understands" higher math - is in fact created from math.

 

[Into the Night]

That is what public education should be. 1975 it often was.

Your illiteracy is not education, Pretender.

 

[Into the Night]

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Wake up, Hugo. You are missing class again.