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HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Confessions Of A Regretful Gender Studies Student. ?My transcript ?

By Glenn Reynolds

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Confessions Of A Regretful Gender Studies Student. “My transcript from that time includes gems like the History of Prostitution, an introduction to grassroots organizing, and a class about pop culture where we talked about Eminem, O.J. Simpson, and the 1992 Watts riots. . . . There?s a difference between what I thought was ‘cool’ to learn about at the time and what has actually proved useful in life. The lowbrow-yet-stylish topics we discussed ? whether or not Eminem is sexist and racist, for example ? will be out of date 10 years from now. I probably could have learned a lot about sex work and labor abuse by reading magazine and newspaper articles on the subjects. But learning more about colonialism? Globalization? The World Wars? Important books? Religion? Supreme Court decisions? That knowledge would have provided such a better foundation for me as a writer than what I think I received from gender studies classes.” At $40K a year.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on September 09, 2010 (boomark / email).