A man brings his freshman daughter to a "meet the teachers" event at her new college. They speak with a tweedy-looking man in his mid-forties from the history department.
He says, "I promise to challenge your daughter's every belief"
"You want to undo my efforts of the last eighteen years?" the father answers.
There is a military feel to this education business: Deconstruction of the individual to rebuild into some better group whole, pliable and optimistic youth, the confidence bred of monopoly, social momentum. Only the military seems to have more of a commitment to the building part than does education; at least the military promises a finished product. Our post- modern education believes everything is a beginning; there are no real directions they can offer, no conclusions to teach. The sacredness of every man's vision is paramount.
They can only get you to the jumping off point.
"You want to undo my efforts of the last eighteen years?" the father answers.
There is a military feel to this education business: Deconstruction of the individual to rebuild into some better group whole, pliable and optimistic youth, the confidence bred of monopoly, social momentum. Only the military seems to have more of a commitment to the building part than does education; at least the military promises a finished product. Our post- modern education believes everything is a beginning; there are no real directions they can offer, no conclusions to teach. The sacredness of every man's vision is paramount.
They can only get you to the jumping off point.
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