I'm not sure most people really know WHY they believe what they claim to believe, especially not most college kids, so these interactions seems to exist just to make the interviewer look cool in a lot of cases. "Healthy debate" has historically probably been more an outlier than the norm.
Serious question, have you been to a college campus recently? I go to them a lot and I don't see what you're talking about here. They aren't much different at all from when we were there.
Yes I've spoken at a few universities including my alma mater (UF). You're right - many are up for healthy discourse - but also plenty of examples of people acting oddly as well, so worth discussing this.
I'm not sure a few odd examples makes it an issue. In the 1960s the anti-war movement started on campuses but it wasn't a universally shared idea. Even when I was in school, there were some publications by the Dartmouth Review that were loudly rejected but most of us. There have always been fringe folks on campus, that's inevitable when you bring together that many people with that many ideas.
We need to avoid letting nostalgia color our memories, colleges haven't changed very much over many, many decades. That's actually a problem and likely worthy of a deeper dive and post, since their inability to change is becoming a liability in their business model.
Yes the educational issue itself is worth a long exploration (are we preparing kids for a world that won't exist?). Will add it to the list, thanks Sean
I'm not sure most people really know WHY they believe what they claim to believe, especially not most college kids, so these interactions seems to exist just to make the interviewer look cool in a lot of cases. "Healthy debate" has historically probably been more an outlier than the norm.
This reminds me of the time I saw a video of college kids eagerly signing up to protest against “dihydrogen oxide.” (A clever name for water).
Serious question, have you been to a college campus recently? I go to them a lot and I don't see what you're talking about here. They aren't much different at all from when we were there.
Yes I've spoken at a few universities including my alma mater (UF). You're right - many are up for healthy discourse - but also plenty of examples of people acting oddly as well, so worth discussing this.
I'm not sure a few odd examples makes it an issue. In the 1960s the anti-war movement started on campuses but it wasn't a universally shared idea. Even when I was in school, there were some publications by the Dartmouth Review that were loudly rejected but most of us. There have always been fringe folks on campus, that's inevitable when you bring together that many people with that many ideas.
We need to avoid letting nostalgia color our memories, colleges haven't changed very much over many, many decades. That's actually a problem and likely worthy of a deeper dive and post, since their inability to change is becoming a liability in their business model.
Yes the educational issue itself is worth a long exploration (are we preparing kids for a world that won't exist?). Will add it to the list, thanks Sean