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user-inactivated · 3986 days ago · link · · parent · post: What's the Difference Between Book Learning and Class Learning?
It just depends entirely on situation, I think. Yeah, that's far more applicable to large schools (I had two lectures this spring that maxed at 475 -- disillusioning). But I can't help but wonder if higher education at small liberal arts schools is also a bit anachronistic (the old what can you do with a philosophy degree stereotype). A lot (though not yours) of liberal arts degrees come down to reading and writing about a subject. I wouldn't want to look at my $150000 bill at the end of four years and think, I paid them to tell me what to read. Obviously that's a generalization and many of lil's points hold much truer at small schools -- which possibly outweighs the "why am I getting a degree in this" factor.