Please Vote: Exercises in TDPL?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Walter Bright" <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
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> Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> "Brad Roberts" <braddr at puremagic.com> wrote in message 
>> news:mailman.71.1242359810.13405.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>>> BCS wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyway, it's an ugly cycle that's bound to implode eventually.
>>>
>>
>> I wish that were true, but I'm not convinced. My experiences at three 
>> different colleges indicate there's a lot of things about college that by 
>> all means *should* have imploded long ago. The problem is that college 
>> and anything claiming to be "education" has become such a sacred cow in 
>> our society that pretty much any amount of bullshit is, and will continue 
>> to be, tolerated for the foreseeable future.
>
> When I went to college, most of the "textbooks" were what the prof wrote 
> on the chalkboards during lecture. I didn't actually spend much on 
> textbooks - few were required, and the rest I picked up used. I still have 
> them.
>

You know, you've consistently been getting me impressed with your school ;) 
Caltech was it? I've been to a big public state university, a small 
supposedly well-respected private university, and a community college (that 
was highly-regarded, at least for a community college). I had many major 
issues with all of them (of course, I had major issues with K-12 as well 
;) ). But, tech schools, I've never been to one (never got in, and they tend 
to be expensive anyway). I wonder if these things are specific to Caltech or 
if they tend to be typical of tech schools?

> The current scheme is so blatantly disrespectful of their customers 
> (students) I don't see how it can persist.

They're sacred cows. I'm convinced that's how it happens.