tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post8265620552662102848..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: Can College Students Plan Ahead?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-37300842866087253392014-04-29T08:14:28.439-04:002014-04-29T08:14:28.439-04:00I had no idea what "the real world" was ...I had no idea what "the real world" was like at 19. And I was always considered mature for my age. I think Bock gives good advice, but it wasn't advice I was prepared to hear at 19...or possibly even at 29, which I am now. It was my experience that my cohort was told we had to go to college no matter what, and that your major wasn't as important as actually attending. We were told to pursue our dreams and to do what we love.FWGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-370370169097767512014-04-22T14:49:48.235-04:002014-04-22T14:49:48.235-04:00As someone in a technical feed, I am often astound...As someone in a technical feed, I am often astounded at the inability to communicate or read communications amongst many of my fellow nerds.<br /><br />There is also a relative lack of empathy.<br /><br />So even if we were thinking of education as being purely for the goal of making efficient workers in technical fields, there would be a lot of reason to want a broader education.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09051024382193588456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-15211426309491447432014-04-21T16:53:00.182-04:002014-04-21T16:53:00.182-04:00Part of what troubled me when I read that column t...Part of what troubled me when I read that column this morning was the cavalier dismissal of any of the traditional humanities as having "rigor" or serious problem-solving processes.pootrsoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975929246429466067noreply@blogger.com