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In reply to the discussion: For those critical of Art/History Degrees... [View all]murielm99
(30,656 posts)reformed our way of paying for college.
It would be a very dangerous and undemocratic approach to education if we told people what to study and what fields we would support for study.
My daughter had a teacher who was here on an exchange program. The teacher grew up in East Germany. She was good at languages, so they made her study languages. She learned Russian and some other language. She would have chosen music, if she had been given the choice.
What a grim world this would be if it was all business and how to get ahead financially. Isn't that what many DU members complain about? Haven't the oligarchs and republicans cornered the market on that type of thinking? I am happy that there is a place for the liberal arts in our world. I am happy that there is room for all types of talent, and for areas of study that teach people how to think rather than thinking only about the bottom line.
And business loans have nothing to do with it. You are comparing apples and oranges.
We have a business man in the White House. We have had business men running other areas of government, and it has not worked out well. We had a business man as governor of Illinois, and he very nearly ruined our state. There are very good reason to let business men run businesses, not government, not arts programs, not education. I have a big problem with putting business men on pedestals.