I’m partial to the idea that the uniquely American approach to University causes this through a combination of a) people with little interest in advanced education going through the motions because it’s expected, b) people who might be interested in it were the circumstances different being pushed to a cynical view of it by our societal anti-intellectualism, and c) people who are very interested in it getting burned out by the often self defeating expectations and structure of the system.
In a better world, universities would be smaller, the students would be older, and most professions would train on the job. Tons of proffessions like software coding really don’t need to be taught by colleges, but that’s where everyone who wants to “learn to code” ends up because of the way we’ve bloated those institutions.
I’m partial to the idea that the uniquely American approach to University causes this through a combination of a) people with little interest in advanced education going through the motions because it’s expected, b) people who might be interested in it were the circumstances different being pushed to a cynical view of it by our societal anti-intellectualism, and c) people who are very interested in it getting burned out by the often self defeating expectations and structure of the system.
In a better world, universities would be smaller, the students would be older, and most professions would train on the job. Tons of proffessions like software coding really don’t need to be taught by colleges, but that’s where everyone who wants to “learn to code” ends up because of the way we’ve bloated those institutions.