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<blockquote data-quote="SeniorGeek" data-source="post: 177767" data-attributes="member: 4823"><p>As you missed mine. To put my first point more succinctly: this guy appears to be trying the Michael Moore [Fahrenheit 9/11] style of filmmaking, which ends up being editorial content disguised as journalism. The intent appears to be to inflame the viewer, and I do not find it worth my time.Since I am someone that has attended a university, I can agree that they are infested by liberal tree huggers - in the form of students. Since students have a choice of which college to attend, which field to study and which classes to take, the faculty are selected in a form of free market - controlled by the students. But I think I already tried to make that point.I think you chose the wrong college. Or chose the wrong professors at the right college. Or you have your own definition of "Communist".In my experience, the idea behind asking opinions is to get you to back up those opinions with reasoned thought. It is the Socratic method (or something similar). </p><p> </p><p>Yes, it is easiest to give the instructor an opinion and reasons that have already been demonstrated and fleshed out by that instructor, but a good instructor's BS detector will alarm. (A few - bad ones - could <u>not</u> be convinced of any opinion different from their own. These may be used as examples in the film, but they are not rampant. Talking to other students, I learned about instructors to avoid.) It may be that your grades declined because you were unable to convince the instructor of your reasons for your opinions. They expected your preparatory work (i.e. high school) to train you in expository method, so you could use it in college.I think there is room for all kinds of opinions, but some are a lot more work to maintain. There has never been much room for those who are unable to examine their opinions and how they arrived at those opinions - because that translates into an inability to learn.</p><p> </p><p>You might be interested in some of Noam Chomsky's writings, since he takes the position that our universities are systems of indoctrination. He actually knows how to put together a good line of reasoning, with identifiable sources and evidence. That allows the reader to make his own judgement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BTW, let me warn everyone about "rampid": DO NOT GO THERE. Here is more info: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampid_Interactive" target="_blank">Rampid Interactive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a>. Please stay away from Rampid's website. DAMHIK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeniorGeek, post: 177767, member: 4823"] As you missed mine. To put my first point more succinctly: this guy appears to be trying the Michael Moore [Fahrenheit 9/11] style of filmmaking, which ends up being editorial content disguised as journalism. The intent appears to be to inflame the viewer, and I do not find it worth my time.Since I am someone that has attended a university, I can agree that they are infested by liberal tree huggers - in the form of students. Since students have a choice of which college to attend, which field to study and which classes to take, the faculty are selected in a form of free market - controlled by the students. But I think I already tried to make that point.I think you chose the wrong college. Or chose the wrong professors at the right college. Or you have your own definition of "Communist".In my experience, the idea behind asking opinions is to get you to back up those opinions with reasoned thought. It is the Socratic method (or something similar). Yes, it is easiest to give the instructor an opinion and reasons that have already been demonstrated and fleshed out by that instructor, but a good instructor's BS detector will alarm. (A few - bad ones - could [U]not[/U] be convinced of any opinion different from their own. These may be used as examples in the film, but they are not rampant. Talking to other students, I learned about instructors to avoid.) It may be that your grades declined because you were unable to convince the instructor of your reasons for your opinions. They expected your preparatory work (i.e. high school) to train you in expository method, so you could use it in college.I think there is room for all kinds of opinions, but some are a lot more work to maintain. There has never been much room for those who are unable to examine their opinions and how they arrived at those opinions - because that translates into an inability to learn. You might be interested in some of Noam Chomsky's writings, since he takes the position that our universities are systems of indoctrination. He actually knows how to put together a good line of reasoning, with identifiable sources and evidence. That allows the reader to make his own judgement. BTW, let me warn everyone about "rampid": DO NOT GO THERE. Here is more info: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampid_Interactive"]Rampid Interactive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL]. Please stay away from Rampid's website. DAMHIK. [/QUOTE]
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