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Showing Original Post only (View all)Liberal Arts? What the fuck are they good for? [View all]
HEADLINE: Pro Beijing forces blame Liberal Studies course in secondary school for filling young minds with dangerous Western ideas.
HEADLINE: Pro Beijing forces blame Liberal Studies course in secondary school for filling young minds with dangerous Western ideas.
Subversion, that's what. Never forget - liberal means liberty!
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A broad education helps you appreciate lots of different areas of study.
Manifestor_of_Light
Nov 2014
#2
to make rational, well read citizens and members of society--& pass on generational knowledge
librechik
Nov 2014
#4
Mathematics, at least arithmetic and geometry are 2 of the 7 classic liberal arts
HereSince1628
Nov 2014
#25
I know several people who went to law school who do quite well; however....
Algernon Moncrieff
Nov 2014
#39
The 2012 GOP platform here in TX was against teaching critical thinking in the schools.
hobbit709
Nov 2014
#36