In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students' midterm. It was about the...

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[–] 8 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Yes, but school is there to teach you to use brain. Why go school if no use brain?

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  • [–] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 child)

    "You have to go to college to get a good job"

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  • [–] 11 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    Goodhart's law: When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

    Used to be that a college degree indicated people with time, money, and drive to put four years into study. It was a good measure of the "right" kind of person. Now it's just another job requirement and doesn't indicate anything.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 hours ago

    Why pay astronomical tuition, room and board, textbooks, all of it, just to learn nothing and use chat got. The bottom of the article said a professor at Brown thought all but 2 of his students cheated. At Brown. We're so fucked.

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