10/16/2007
“Progressive” education now means English majors no longer study Shakespeare or consider the great thinkers and writers of the past. What a shame….what a shame that people think they’re actually getting an “education”; what they’re really getting is ‘indoctrination’ to a worldview that is radically opposed to American thought and values.
The bad news is that Shakespeare has disappeared from required courses in English departments at more than three-fourths of the top 25 U.S. universities, but the good news is that only 1.6 percent of America’s 19 million undergraduates major in English, according to Department of Education figures.
When I visit college campuses, students for years have been telling me that the English departments are the most radicalized of all departments, more so than sociology, psychology, anthropology, or even women’s studies. |
Many undergraduate courses focus on extremely specialized subjects of interest only to the professor who is trying to “publish or perish,” but of virtually no value to students. Examples are: “Beast Culture: Animals, Identity, and Western Literature” at the University of Pennsylvania; and “Food and Literature” at Swarthmore College. |
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October 16th, 2007 at 5:21 am
When I tested out of freshman English a few years back, I’m glad they only asked me to write about Mark Twain… I wouldn’t have had a clue if they would have said socialism, or anything moonbatish. Every time I read David Horowitz, I freak, because I know what he says is true. His speaking tour about “The Professors” and in support of the book, landed over by me in Muncie, and I guess there were a couple “pie throwers” in the crowd, a banner on the Teacher’s College saying he wasn’t welcome, and a pizza prank called in. I feel very ashamed that such people and that kind of ignorance exists in my own back yard!