tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post6421921809386023288..comments2024-03-28T20:53:54.312-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: “Rich kids” and EnglishMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-20187475079808354242015-07-09T08:37:52.914-05:002015-07-09T08:37:52.914-05:00@Diane: Amen.
@The Arthurian: Notice that that po...@Diane: Amen.<br /><br />@The Arthurian: Notice that that post is about graduate study. Borrowing to do graduate study in the humanities (with the hope of a tenure-track position) is a bad choice. The cost of higher education and the debt that results are large problems, whatever the major.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-29367349011609841122015-07-09T05:29:34.221-05:002015-07-09T05:29:34.221-05:00Hi Michael,
"This Atlantic piece furthers th...Hi Michael,<br /><br />"This <i>Atlantic</i> piece furthers the pernicious idea that traditional study in the humanities is for a privileged few, while more practical fields offer a proper path for the rest of us."<br /><br />Not sure how that squares with <a href="http://mleddy.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-64000-question.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>:<br /><br />"It is sad to say, but I’ll say it: Borrowing $64,000 to finance graduate work in the humanities is folly. Borrowing any amount of money to finance graduate work in the humanities is folly."<br /><br />Is it just the borrowing?<br />The Arthurianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16501331051089400601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-43504752018103053482015-07-08T17:38:45.420-05:002015-07-08T17:38:45.420-05:00This is meaningless without time frames and trends...This is meaningless without time frames and trends. I too grew up with a distinctly unprivileged background and majored in English because that's what I like and what I'm good at. As long as we have a somewhat literate society (somewhat), there's a need for reading, writing, editing, and communications.<br /><br />One of my favorite lines on The Big Bang Theory comes from Penny's father: "I want grandkids before I die, and I want them to grow up in a house without wheels."<br /><br />And Sheldon: "No. No, my mum had to fly back to Texas to help my dad because the house had slipped off the cinderblocks again."Slywyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01424323662407341123noreply@blogger.com