Thursday, February 22, 2007
Status Quo
I listened to a radio program today on a National Public Radio station out of St. Louis, Missouri. I was impressed by the program that was running. It was about students selecting colleges to attend. While most students are selecting the "Status Quo" colleges to attend, one student indicated that she selected a college that was not popular, but for the intellectual curriculum that was available at the college.
I thought what a novel idea. A college selected for the intellectual values, not the clout that an ivory league college brings with it.
The program went on about how having an ivory league college on your resume will help you get the elite jobs.
Another point however, was whether it would be better to be at the head of the class from a little know intellectual college, or at the lower end of the class from an ivory league college.
There was a college in Vermont that was mentioned, where they don't even tell the students their grades until their junior year. What about that? Going to school to learn while not worrying about how well you are doing, just going to gain knowledge and fitting into the work place.
While I believe that knowledge is important, I think that we should learn that not all the education in the world will do anyone any good if they don't have any common sense. You have to have common sense in order to apply what you have learned. If you cannot apply what you have learned, then what good did it do you to learn it?
My Dad always said that "Common Sense Rules the World".
You can find more about the program that I listened to, and selecting the right college by going to http://www.npr.org.
I thought what a novel idea. A college selected for the intellectual values, not the clout that an ivory league college brings with it.
The program went on about how having an ivory league college on your resume will help you get the elite jobs.
Another point however, was whether it would be better to be at the head of the class from a little know intellectual college, or at the lower end of the class from an ivory league college.
There was a college in Vermont that was mentioned, where they don't even tell the students their grades until their junior year. What about that? Going to school to learn while not worrying about how well you are doing, just going to gain knowledge and fitting into the work place.
While I believe that knowledge is important, I think that we should learn that not all the education in the world will do anyone any good if they don't have any common sense. You have to have common sense in order to apply what you have learned. If you cannot apply what you have learned, then what good did it do you to learn it?
My Dad always said that "Common Sense Rules the World".
You can find more about the program that I listened to, and selecting the right college by going to http://www.npr.org.
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