Republicans Vote Against Moms; No Word Yet on Puppies, Kittens I don’t know how I missed this story, but it’s good one. Just reminds me that I am not the only one who acts like a child some times… but these guys aren’t drunk, or at least they are not supposed to be. The Disadvantages of an Elite Education Interesting essay by a Yale English professor that has been known to not mince words when giving his opinions. I didn’t go to any of the Ivys that he mentions in the article, but Duke is close enough. I agree with much of what he says about the state of the academy, even back when I was in school. I especially find his idea that elite schools are virtually becoming glorified vocational schools now. I don’t agree with the part that elite education making a person an elitist: My education taught me to believe that people who didn’t go to an Ivy League or equivalent school weren’t worth talking to, regardless of their class. I was given the unmistakable message that such people were beneath me. As this response to the article says: Okay, that is not a function of your education. That is a function of you being a douchebag. Why Poetry Matters I thought this was going to be something else. From the listing on Arts & Letters Daily: In the 19th century, poetry had a mass audience… But in the 20th century, poetry decided to get “difficult,” to require footnotes… I’ve heard Ted Kooser talk about how poetry became an elitist enterprise largely because poets, those who...
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