Comments on: Duties of a Student http://clioweb.org/2008/03/03/duties-of-a-student/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:14:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tyler http://clioweb.org/2008/03/03/duties-of-a-student/#comment-416 Tyler Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:26:12 +0000 http://clioweb.org/blog/2008/03/duties-of-a-student/#comment-416 Academia is the gatekeeper of the "Meritocracy". One's educational degree, to a large degree determines your status in life. In its current state, students enter the machine to be ground down into pre-determined sizes so that they may locate themselves within the machine of industrial capitalism. By jumping through hoops, individuals are able to validate their intelligence and ability to fulfill specific tasks and with that gain access to careers and lifestyles denied to those who have not suffered through the process. Why would it be the students obligation/duty to educate their classmates? We live in an individualistic society where you look out for number one. I am not paying tuition to teach others or to learn from my peers, why should I be expected to pay to train others for their careers. I believe in socialism and sharing but I don't know if I have patience to assist in the intellectual development of others unless they are my friends. It may be a nice ideal to aspire towards but I do not think by any means that it should be a duty. What do you think? Should you pay to take the time to care what I think? Why should I care? Academia is the gatekeeper of the “Meritocracy”. One’s educational degree, to a large degree determines your status in life. In its current state, students enter the machine to be ground down into pre-determined sizes so that they may locate themselves within the machine of industrial capitalism. By jumping through hoops, individuals are able to validate their intelligence and ability to fulfill specific tasks and with that gain access to careers and lifestyles denied to those who have not suffered through the process.

Why would it be the students obligation/duty to educate their classmates? We live in an individualistic society where you look out for number one. I am not paying tuition to teach others or to learn from my peers, why should I be expected to pay to train others for their careers.

I believe in socialism and sharing but I don’t know if I have patience to assist in the intellectual development of others unless they are my friends. It may be a nice ideal to aspire towards but I do not think by any means that it should be a duty.

What do you think?
Should you pay to take the time to care what I think?
Why should I care?

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