I recently audited a class as an adult just for fun and personal growth. While the professor was actually pretty normal, when he was absent, his graduate assistant would just go on and on about how she was "so socialist that she was almost communist" I just thought it was laughable, but there were a lot of impressionable younger students in the class that seemed taken by her passion.
After mentioning this to friends as a conversation piece, I have been told that this type of indoctrination is quite common in many university settings. Why and how pervasive is this nonsense?
2007-11-10 15:19:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Elana, wake up friend. Name one country in the whole world history that socialism has not driven into the ground in every way. The only answer you could possibly give are modern day South American countries, which just haven't had the chance yet to drive themselves into the ground.
2007-11-10 15:26:59 · update #1
Ranto, you answer my question so unbelievably ironically.
2007-11-10 15:32:42 · update #2
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2004/04/facts_about_swe.html
2007-11-10 15:40:24 · update #3
It's the unfortunate side effect of focus. To be good teachers, they must constantly be thinking on how to make their classes, instruction better. By thinking that way often, you begin to live in your head.
A lot of people who are focused on anything, when you have a conversation with them it makes no sense, they think you live in the same place, and are experiencing the same languages, issues etc.
2007-11-10 15:26:00 · answer #1 · answered by Lear R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sweden is socialist. :-) But yeah. your question. that's why they call it the ivory tower...the university community is quite insular. i am in grad school myself and i have a hard time respecting the profs who have not worked in the real world in a long time. I believe that universities are there for a starting point for students and as a place to conduct important research.
2007-11-10 23:33:20 · answer #2 · answered by magerk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And I take it that *YOU* are defining this as nonsense?
Sorry pal, but you are applying your standards, and we don't all agree with your standards.
I don't know the teacher specifically, but I actually have read Marx, I actually have an idea why socialism and communism fail (and the good things about them too).
I wouldn't discount her opinion so quickly.
2007-11-10 23:23:36 · answer #3 · answered by Elana 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Control they have to be in control.
2007-11-10 23:22:47 · answer #4 · answered by M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've not seen much of it at all.
2007-11-10 23:22:23 · answer #5 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋