Comment Re:You underestimate the value (Score 1) 913
I think it's safe to say that “being forced to memorize information which you'll most likely never use (and probably forget” would be viewed by most people as a waste of time.
I was really asking where did the idea that education was about “memorizing random information” come from. It seems like it's a cynical attitude to learning that runs counter to purpose of education-beyond-training (which is, after all, what the teaching side of universities were all about).
I'm not trying to be confrontational -- I'm genuinely curious. Both B.Sc. and B.A. have breadth requirements, partly to encourage inquiry outside of the student's chosen discipline. If you strip those away, you're no longer talking about a university education but a trade-school-style training. Now, there's nothing at all wrong with training, as opposed to education. But why try and turn one into the other?