I have a different view. While I am against the Leftist/Progressive/Socialist brainwashing that occurs in universities today, I don’t consider a person to have a university education if they only take the courses needed to become an engineer, nurse, architect, accountant, or __________, etc.
The whole point of obtaining a university degree is to expose oneself to literature, history, and the arts. It is what makes a person well rounded. I have met many a business major who was so pathetically ignorant of just basics like Aesop or Plato.
As for myself, I am glad that I was exposed to art and literature that I would not have chosen on my own.
“The whole point of obtaining a university degree is to expose oneself to literature, history, and the arts. It is what makes a person well rounded.”
I disagree. Why would studying Plato make me ‘well-rounded’, but working with horses not? If I went back to college full time now, in my 50s, I’d be expected to take a lot of courses in accepting gays, transvestites, and on why guns are evil and people are good. My 25 years in the military, living in various foreign countries, deployments to many more countries, combat time, etc - that would be irrelevant to being a ‘well-rounded’ person.
I read Plato when I was young. He was full of crap then, and I doubt he’s gotten any smarter in the last 30 years.
I own & have read hundreds of history books in my home. Do you think the University would care?
Art? Sorry, but I’ve toured Art Museums, and wish I had spent that time on horseback, or studying the ballistics of the 44 special vs the 45 acp.
Why does reading a play by an ancient Greek writer make one ‘well-rounded’, but getting a black belt doesn’t count? I’d bet many of the ancient Greeks would say the black belt is more valuable...