Posted by js on October 21, 2002 at 13:38:58:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: What music degrees lack? posted by Rick Denney on October 18, 2002 at 15:51:01:
Colleges and universities serve several functions, and only a couple are noted here:
- to acquire "official certification" for some gubmunt-regulated job
- to acquire knowledge and skills in a supervised and supportive atmosphere
- to exist as a place to store 18-to-25-year-olds who are not yet grown-ups
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Each to his needs - as most of the professors who fill the offices of these institutions believe (in a twisted paraphrase).
Joe "who can think of many folks who have acquired the skills and knowledge that one can acquire at a school, but who did it completely independent of an institution...and many others who could never acquire a given set of skills and knowledge under any situation or under any circumstances" S.