From: athe nonrex (athenonrex@godisdead.com)
Date: Thu Nov 27 2003 - 13:51:53 MST
[David Lucifer]
It wasn't until after I got an undergrad degree (B.Sc. EE) that I understood the true purpose of universities is not education but research. Professors have to teach undergrad courses (and often resent the fact) in order to support their true interest, their research. Once you understand this, a lot of related facts make sense.
[athenonrex]
well...and i'm not saying this just to be contra pro contra, but...
it depends on quite a few things what the "true purpose" of universities
is. it firstly depends on the drive of the student as an individual.
then you also have to take into acount the area that said student has
chosen to place his focus of studies. whereas a student might choose a
venue such as Music Theory and Composition as his area of concentration
(yeah, that's what i chose...but just for example...), the notion of
research being the main interest loses a little foundation. in fact,
with each degree sought after in the arts instead of the sciences, it's
less likely that the person is going to be after research. science
majors- politics, psych, med, comp. sci., etc...- would be more centered
in their research, as their fields of interest would require it.
then there is also the intention of the student. why are they after
their degree? the honest pursuit of knowledge (increasingly less
likely)? or, more commonly (i feel), for job security? familial
expectation? there are many reasons why people do go to college and get
degrees in various disiplines, not all of which are as pure in motive
as yours, david.
and to all of you out there planning on slaughtering a turkey today in
rememberence of slaughtering the native people of america, happy
thanksgiving.
~not yet dead, but dreaming~
athenonrex
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