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Academic grinding is not the American way, and never has been
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| OldHLSDude | 12/27/24 |
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Date: December 27th, 2024 9:47 PM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. all the way back to the colonial era, there was a focus on 'roundedness' and trying new things. you weren't supposed to 'grind' by sitting down and looking at books all day. that was way too limited an experience. you were supposed to be more fanciful and more of an intellectual SLUT and dilettante rather than a monomaniac.
part of the reason the US and western europe had so many inventors and 'creatives' is because academia had NOT been formalized and crystallized into a dictatorial/imperial-style set of recitations to be memorized.
the entire notion that GRINDING ought to be the academic ideal is deeply un-American. that's not what this country was ever about. it's actually rather offensive when such a thing is presumed as the default or desirable outcome of an education system, and that variance from this outcome is a 'failure.' |
Date: December 27th, 2024 9:49 PM Author: OldHLSDude Thanks. I feel validated. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5655538&forum_id=2#48494253) |