http://blog.curtischambers.com/2007/08/21/the-downfall-of-higher-education/ Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:33:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.curtischambers.com/2007/08/21/the-downfall-of-higher-education/#comment-207 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:33:09 +0000 http://www.curtischambers.com/2007/08/21/the-downfall-of-higher-education/#comment-207 @James, so this argument: “So, an university education isn’t really useful if you really want to learn how to do something useful.” is based on 2 art classes you took, one at a university and one at a 2-year college? Seems like a large enough sample size to make that assumption.

]]> http://blog.curtischambers.com/2007/08/21/the-downfall-of-higher-education/#comment-137 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:32:56 +0000 http://www.curtischambers.com/2007/08/21/the-downfall-of-higher-education/#comment-137 It seems to me that most people go to college to get a better job. If that is the case, why not emphasize the two-year junior college? I feel that I learn more in less time by taking classes at the two -year college than a university. I will give an example. I took several classes in business and photography. I took the 1st two classes in black and white photography at the university. This course began with the history and critiquing of Depression era photographs and a collection of Ansel Adams Photos. It took half a quarter to finally get into the actual hands-on process of developing photos in a darkroom. The lab was not very good for learning techniques. The instructor really didn’t know what she was doing. Now, I took the same class at a two-year college and immediately, the first day we went into the lab and started to develop and process films and prints. By the end of the quarter, we could do special processing techniques, infra-red processing, slide processing, Etc. We also got the whys and hows of the whole photography world. Color photography built on what we learned in the first course. By the way, we also got the critiquing and appreciation part of the university course in the same class and we got better in our techniques. So, an university education isn’t really useful if you really want to learn how to do something useful. I seriously doubt that a medical doctor really has to spend all that time just to learn medicine. A lot of other countries can produce a doctors in less time, and put out more of them.

]]> http://blog.curtischambers.com/2007/08/21/the-downfall-of-higher-education/#comment-136 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:14:12 +0000 http://www.curtischambers.com/2007/08/21/the-downfall-of-higher-education/#comment-136 Whether one should go for higher education or not depends on the goals of a person. Today higher education has become more like a charity institution which almost everyone participates but few have any definite goals what they want from it.

]]> http://blog.curtischambers.com/2007/08/21/the-downfall-of-higher-education/#comment-135 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:20:22 +0000 http://www.curtischambers.com/2007/08/21/the-downfall-of-higher-education/#comment-135 Institutionalized education–can’t live with it, can’t live without it.

]]> http://blog.curtischambers.com/2007/08/21/the-downfall-of-higher-education/#comment-134 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:11:43 +0000 http://www.curtischambers.com/2007/08/21/the-downfall-of-higher-education/#comment-134 I think it’s funny that my criticism of the current education system brings up AdSense ads promoting it

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