Comments on: A New Beginning http://www.acceity.org/2008/08/a-new-beginning/ A Southwest Wisconsin Blog Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:00:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Josh http://www.acceity.org/2008/08/a-new-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Josh Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:04:42 +0000 http://www.acceity.org/?p=47#comment-15 Eric, Thank you for these thought-provoking questions. Yes, I do think that part of the reason universities require Gen Ed courses is to give students an academic foundation broader than whatever their immediate interests might be, and to encourage them to develop interests in new things. Whether or not this is why some students dislike Gen-Ed classes is difficult to say, as there are other factors. For instance, even if students do grow to find such classes interesting, they may still dislike being required to take them because they make college more expensive and more time-consuming. I don't know if there is a link between people's preference for Gen-Ed courses and their TV habits, but it'd be an interesting hypothesis for a sociology project. Finally, I would certainly hope that gen-ed fans enjoy this site, and that everyone else does too. However, people's liking for this site rests not only on their interests, but also on whether or not it is any good—and I'm too biased to conjecture on that. Eric,

Thank you for these thought-provoking questions.

Yes, I do think that part of the reason universities require Gen Ed courses is to give students an academic foundation broader than whatever their immediate interests might be, and to encourage them to develop interests in new things. Whether or not this is why some students dislike Gen-Ed classes is difficult to say, as there are other factors. For instance, even if students do grow to find such classes interesting, they may still dislike being required to take them because they make college more expensive and more time-consuming.

I don’t know if there is a link between people’s preference for Gen-Ed courses and their TV habits, but it’d be an interesting hypothesis for a sociology project.

Finally, I would certainly hope that gen-ed fans enjoy this site, and that everyone else does too. However, people’s liking for this site rests not only on their interests, but also on whether or not it is any good—and I’m too biased to conjecture on that.

]]> By: Eric Bartels http://www.acceity.org/2008/08/a-new-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Eric Bartels Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:36:35 +0000 http://www.acceity.org/?p=47#comment-8 Do you think the narrow mindedness way of our interests is why colleges make students take General Education courses? Is this narrow mindedness why students also seem to spark a dislike towards General Education courses? If you were to find a person who liked General Education courses, could you link that person to the way they watch television, whether they click through the channels to find what they like versus finding new things to watch? Do you think that the "General Education" person would like this site for the fact of your site being random like General Education courses and liking new things? Do you think the narrow mindedness way of our interests is why colleges make students take General Education courses? Is this narrow mindedness why students also seem to spark a dislike towards General Education courses? If you were to find a person who liked General Education courses, could you link that person to the way they watch television, whether they click through the channels to find what they like versus finding new things to watch? Do you think that the “General Education” person would like this site for the fact of your site being random like General Education courses and liking new things?

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