[Folks] can make a lot more potentially with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degreeIf you are nodding in agreement, then chances are that you are a tRump supporter thinking that your Dear Leader said this. I am also surprised you are here at this blog!
On the other hand, if you feel outraged by that statement, and are ready to fire off yet another Facebook post on how stupid tRump is, well, chances are that you were so maniacally supportive of Bernie Sanders that you still don't understand how you were a part of the reasons why tRump and not Hillary Clinton is the President.
tRump didn't say that about art history. He cannot be bothered about it. Right now, he is more concerned about how nasty Meghan Markle is!
It was Obama who dissed art history.
Beating up on liberal education is awesome bipartisanship! Soon after Obama's remark, the editor of Inside Higher Ed even provided a chart on such bipartisan statements!
But, yes, Obama is no tRump. He immediately realized his error and then even sent a handwritten apology.
However, the bipartisan beating up of liberal education continues.
Little defense of liberal education for an enlightened citizenry has been heard from any prominent political leader — even Democrats such as Barack Obama, whose education, two books written before his presidency and speeches were more steeped in liberal arts than any president in memory, but who as president caved in to lobbies for STEM education and school privatizers.
Take Mayor Pete, for instance. With his awesome resume and accomplishments, he is a perfect example of what liberal education can do. At Harvard, he majored in history and literature. Kamala Harris majored in political science and economics. Do I expect them to go rah-rah about the importance and value of liberal education? Nope. Because it will be a vote-losing "elite" talk, in contrast to the lessons from the Coriolanus story--his life became a mess because he thought he was too good to seek approval from the masses.
So, everybody gangs up to beat up on liberal education. It is not good for democracy, and not good for progress. It is already getting to be late for any course correction; RMS Titanic meets a white floating thing :(
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