I don’t think our universities will ever recover.
I went for a long time being intimidated by this one or that one who bragged about what college or university they “attended”. I married fairly young and had to hit the ground running right away. We were in the military and I couldn’t even think about “attending” college anywhere. First of all, I didn’t have transportation to get to and from classes and couldn’t have afforded it anyway. Actually, by the time I hobbled through the maze of the elitist high school I graduated from, I knew I’d had enough school to last me for a while. It was one of those consolidated ones where the kids from the city school were *special* and kids from the rural grade schools could just go fish, and the townies were allowed to treat the rural kids any way they liked as long as it was subtle enough.
Now I’m thankful I didn’t have to sit through the liberal infested time-wasting indoctrination sessions known as “classes”. Somehow, I’ve muddled through.
AIDE: We’re concerned that the university harbors too many fellow traveler types....
GEN LESLIE GROVES (head of The Manhattan Project): Hell, where do they expect me to find scientists if not at the university?!
I pray that you are wrong, the more so since I was informed only yesterday that I will graduate with honors on May 15 with an MA in American History. It is my fondest hope to begin teaching Junior College history soon, so that at least in my classroom, I can begin to turn the tide.