Zeroed

Posted by Ace on August 12th, 2009 filed in letters from Ace

This entry was originally intended to make the following series of observations:

  1. The hospital I was born in no longer exists.
  2. The college I got my Liberal Studies degree from stopped offering that degree several years after I graduated.
  3. That same college then changed to a university, so in a sense, the college no longer exists.
  4. The art school I went to no longer teaches the specialization I trained in.

However:  on a whim today, I looked up the Web site of the UNIVERSITY (excuuuuuuuuuse me), and it turns out that as of this fall, they’re reinstating Liberal Studies degrees across the board.  And they’re not the academically free-spirited Liberal Studies degrees of my youth;  they’re pragmatic affairs, focusing on “the practical and intellectual connections” between disciplines.  Programs intended to have you tie all the stuff you’re learning about together into a research project or career prospectus, and then figure out a way to leverage that into a job.  While I happen to be a fan of learning just for learning’s sake, I have to admit, that’s pretty damn cool.

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