Structural stupidity is at least one of the reasons why U.S. colleges and universities are seeing such a precipitous drop in enrollment overall.
Certainly, it's the reason why there's been a 25% drop in the last 10 years in the number of students studying the liberal arts and humanities.
You _may_ resign yourself to putting up with this BS if you have a specific career goal in mind that can only be achieved by putting in your time. But there is absolutely no reason to pay huge amounts of $$$ to learn how to _think_ in RightSpeak.
Yep. College used to be fun. Getting away from home, studying something interesting and making new friends were just as much of a draw as being able to find a good job after graduation. Now college isn’t fun and it doesn’t guarantee anything.
I fear that trade schools are next on the Marxist bandwagon. In order to graduate, students will have to write an essay on the impact of structural racism on welding techniques. Plumbing and electrical terminology will have to be completely redesigned - right now, fittings and connectors are labelled male and female!
It's already happening in computer science. The terms "master" and "slave" can no longer be used to describe a master-slave flipflop (https://www.circuitstoday.com/master-slave-flip-flop-circuit). The primary branch in git is no longer the "master", it's "main". Same with replication: there's no longer a master node. Stanford wants to rename masters degrees.
"right now, fittings and connectors are labelled male and female!"
Well yes, but that's easily fixed. We'll just have 'assigned (fe)male at manufacture'. More difficult will be requiring anyone who sells white PVC parts to explain how their only task in life is to convert everyone to doing everything with black ABS parts. DIE-for-plumbers.
At least right now they’ll have their work cut out for them. Most of the trades I’ve worked with seem to have their heads screwed on straight. Fingers crossed
Yes, Comrade ALToronto!! In our Brave New World, all fittings and connectors must be labeled "they"! Which may make doing bathroom plumbing a wee bit confusing. But how can the pleasures of a flush toilet compare with the bliss that is ideological purity???
Great article. Thanks!
Structural stupidity is at least one of the reasons why U.S. colleges and universities are seeing such a precipitous drop in enrollment overall.
Certainly, it's the reason why there's been a 25% drop in the last 10 years in the number of students studying the liberal arts and humanities.
You _may_ resign yourself to putting up with this BS if you have a specific career goal in mind that can only be achieved by putting in your time. But there is absolutely no reason to pay huge amounts of $$$ to learn how to _think_ in RightSpeak.
Yep. College used to be fun. Getting away from home, studying something interesting and making new friends were just as much of a draw as being able to find a good job after graduation. Now college isn’t fun and it doesn’t guarantee anything.
Did you mean LeftSpeak?
I fear that trade schools are next on the Marxist bandwagon. In order to graduate, students will have to write an essay on the impact of structural racism on welding techniques. Plumbing and electrical terminology will have to be completely redesigned - right now, fittings and connectors are labelled male and female!
It's already happening in computer science. The terms "master" and "slave" can no longer be used to describe a master-slave flipflop (https://www.circuitstoday.com/master-slave-flip-flop-circuit). The primary branch in git is no longer the "master", it's "main". Same with replication: there's no longer a master node. Stanford wants to rename masters degrees.
WOW.
I'm... speechless.
"right now, fittings and connectors are labelled male and female!"
Well yes, but that's easily fixed. We'll just have 'assigned (fe)male at manufacture'. More difficult will be requiring anyone who sells white PVC parts to explain how their only task in life is to convert everyone to doing everything with black ABS parts. DIE-for-plumbers.
At least right now they’ll have their work cut out for them. Most of the trades I’ve worked with seem to have their heads screwed on straight. Fingers crossed
Yes, Comrade ALToronto!! In our Brave New World, all fittings and connectors must be labeled "they"! Which may make doing bathroom plumbing a wee bit confusing. But how can the pleasures of a flush toilet compare with the bliss that is ideological purity???
I laughed out loud at the plumbing joke, that is brilliant!
🤣🤣🤣classic post