Comments on: Smile. We’re on a Georgia Tech Syllabus!

By: Katy

Katy — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:04:08 +0000

How cool is that!? I want to hear more!

By: sitting pugs

sitting pugs — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:06:11 +0000

My thoughts too! Congratulations, DM.

By: Farm Lady

Farm Lady — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:05:02 +0000

Bo, why were you trying to be obnoxious?

By: Decatur's Token Republican

Decatur's Token Republican — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:03:27 +0000

I was once told that college is not the place to learn skills and knowledge. It is the place to learn how to THINK.

I think there’s an element of truth in that. I did learn a bit of useful stuff in college, but the real lessons I learned were how to gather information, analyze it and make decisions.

Oh, and how to shotgun a beer in under four seconds.

By: Bo

Bo — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:34:33 +0000

Mostly I was just trying to be obnoxious and rain on your parade (though in reality I think it’s really cool that this forum has become such a valuable source of info and feedback in the community)!

Notwithstanding my nefarious intent, it is an interesting study that basically says most college students don’t learn a whole lot, and that instead of treating “going to college” as the goal, we should be promoting “learning”, which as Will Hunting pointed out, can be done for a few bucks in late fees at the public library.

Article here: http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/academically-adrift/