Breaking my Silence on Wesleyan U

Front Page Mag ^ | 01.04.05 | John Leo

[Rastus]

I should add that I think my daughter got a decent education at Wesleyan.

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She is politically liberal. . . .

I'm too radical in my conservatism to believe anyone got a decent education if they come from conservative roots and end up a liberal. It's a failing of mine, I know.

[Cornpone]

Didn't this run a couple of days ago?

[Rastus]

Maybe. I searched, but didn't find it.

[MplsSteve]

After reading that article, Wesleyan sounds like the kind of higher ed place you'd find in Ithaca NY - The City Of Evil!

[maestro]

ping

[Rastus]

The problem is, Front Page or someone else changed the title. The other thread was called Revealing Wesleyan. I searched on Breaking My Silence.

[wideawake]

Thank you. Anyone who was raised in the household of a conservative as articulate as Leo and graduated from college a liberal was (a) poorly raised at home, (b) got a terrible education or (c) is a weak-minded tool.

For the sake of Leo's reputation and wallet, I hope it's (c).

[NetValue]

"Newsweek once hailed the school as the “hottest” diversity campus in America,"

It's out of vogue now, but Wesleyan was once the place to get a real education without being immersed in obscenity.

[KarlInOhio]

“I just sometimes feel the need to be nude,” a Wesleyan male told the New York Times in 2000. “If I feel the need to take off my pants, I take my pants off.”

I think Bill Clinton has found a protege.

[ScottM1968]

From their website:

"Wesleyan University was founded in 1831 by Methodist leaders and Middletown citizens. Instruction began with 48 students of varying ages, the president, three professors, and one tutor; tuition was $36 per year.

Named for John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, Wesleyan is among the oldest of the numerous originally Methodist institutions of higher education in the United States. The Methodist movement originated in England in the 1720s, and was particularly important for its early emphasis on social service and education. From its inception, Wesleyan offered a liberal arts program rather than theological training..."

Uh, yeah.

[sasportas]

Incredible that this is done in the Wesley name. John Wesley would turn over in his grave. Wesley was opposed to all manner of debauchery.

[SVTCobra03]

I certainly hope this guy didnt pay for her tuition.

[Vineyard]

And I would refuse to pay tuition for a child of mine to go to a place that is committed to overthrowing the U.S.A. as a constitutional republic!!

I think slightly less of John Leo because he allowed his daughter to go to this extreme left college. If my daughter wanted to go to a liberal college - she would pay all the costs of everything. As is ... she is in the Army Reserve (trained as a Medic) and is working part time and taking nursing courses at the local Jr. College - all while living at home - like a good conservative young lady!

Mike

[Cornpone]

Thanks for being diligent. Regards.

[guitarist]

Even though it's almost 15 years old, this
http://www.leaderu.com/alumni/sowell-choosing/chpter01.html#impt
is still the best first thing to read in your college search for your kids. You can read the whole thing free online. Who is wiser than Sowell?

Then, online or at your library, get the best guide there is
http://www.isi.org/college%5Fguide/choosing_right_college.html
Look for the 2005 edition; it's out.

These resources will help you pick a solid, conservative school for your kid, or find the least offensive among the elite schools if those are a possibility for him or her.

If your kid is a top student (3.5-4.0, 1300-1600) they should be able to get into one of these schools
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/bestvalues/bvnatudoc_brief.php
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/bestvalues/bvlibartco_brief.php
at which all (or most all) of demonstrated financial need will be covered. Our kid got about 39 grand this year, at a school with a good flank of conservative faculty to offset some of the libs...

Guitarist

[bruinbirdman]

Oh, Wesleyan. I thought it was Wellesley, Hillarious's alma mater.

Well, or Wellesley, Wessley, Wesleyan, all the same lib institutes.

Dante's Inferno seems to have broken out of the underworld.

yitbos

[taxesareforever]

I should add that I think my daughter got a decent education at Wesleyan.

I guess that depends on what a person considers "decent". Certainly doesn't sound like the school was "decent".

[VRWCisme]

Some people consider "decent" to mean that the student had to read some books, write some papers, and memorize some facts. It doesn't seem to matter if the books were all aimed at indoctrination, the papers had to toe the prof's party line to get a good grade, and the facts ignored and omitted any non-politically correct parts of history.

I've heard the same "but you get a good education, going to that school opens doors" line from a lot of people. They don't get it. There are some kids who can go to any school and learn and not become indoctrinated. Most can't.

[p. henry]

I sometimes feel the need to break wind in public to such an extent that my immediate vicinity would be declared a Superfund site. However, because I am sensitive to the needs of others, because I want to validate their desires, and because I know that, as a middle class white male, my breaking wind in the presence of the poor, racial minorities, or women could be interpreted as an act of oppression, I forgo the fulfillment of my desire. Apparently, the faculty at Wesleyan has failed to instil a similar sense of self-restraint in their students.