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Alma is Mencken’s definition of Puritanism come to life.

 

I mean, Los Alamos had a social life.

 

Not really. @Alma works with a "College" gestalt that's perfectly fine ... for a portion of those pursuing higher education. But there are a lot more other gestalts.

 

If you don’t think it’s hard for poor kids to fit in at college - regardless of how smart they are - because they lack money, OK.

I’m making a straight-up, left-wing argument about wealth…and because it violates, I dunno, some cherished idea about what you think college is or does, I’m a prude.

A person literally defended a taxpayer-funded school buying a monastery for rich kids’ study abroad program. That’s how entrenched the idea is

 

My point goes way beyond college. You’re a dick to anyone under 50 who might be enjoying themselves with anything that costs a dollar.

 

Same school has a $175,000,000 football facility.

OU's $175 million football facility will be luxurious, but efficiency may be biggest asset

 

Poor kids have trouble fitting in at college.

And a kid raised in the church has trouble fitting in a dive bar for the first time.

And a child often has trouble fitting in their first day at kindergarten.

I went from working in a newspaper office to an assembly line.

We are required in life to go into difficult situations and adjust. If you carry that trauma for 40 years, go talk to a therapist. Don’t blame college.

 

Way beyond college? What the hell have I opined about?

 

'It's an important step': OU Board of Regents approves $390 million sports upgrades, football operations facility

The project will be funded by athletics funds and private donations.

 

Beyond this thread? Lots and lots. But at this point it’s less to do with that and more me going over the top with someone I don’t mesh well with and taking it too far to a dumb and gross place on a subpar day. Skip it. I got out of line.

 

To be clear - I think fewer people going to college, including fewer poor kids going there, would probably be a good thing. You just don't need it for a lot of jobs - you can sell insurance without going to the "College of Business" - and, again, I think it is in many ways closer to a finishing environment for wealthy people.

But if we're going to uphold the virtue of it to such a degree, I think college - at state schools - should be stripped down for the sake of utility and effectiveness.