tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5798434581888105342..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: SanityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36634255564983785742015-06-11T09:43:49.175-04:002015-06-11T09:43:49.175-04:00Brilliantly put. Too many students hire others to ...Brilliantly put. Too many students hire others to "assemble" their coursework as it is, so the Ikea analogy breaks down.<br /><br />Another apt analogy might be that it's an aerobics class. If you can't find the self-motivation to keep up with the class, and/or want a personal trainer to help motivate you, you'll have to pony up a bit more cash.<br />Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66881052410306825402015-06-10T13:13:21.207-04:002015-06-10T13:13:21.207-04:00It's definitely a gym membership.
Because sit...It's definitely a gym membership.<br /><br />Because sitting in the cafe drinking lattes all year means you are as unfit as when you started. <br /><br />Because the idea of going to class and of getting a programme of work and working on it yourself between meetings is built in so even the most literal minded of students can see the connection between the analogy and what I'm asking Grumpy Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896982515031823267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21372147673858647672015-06-09T19:46:04.673-04:002015-06-09T19:46:04.673-04:00It's a gym membership. It's furniture from...It's a gym membership. It's furniture from Ikea.<br /><br />Consumers "tolerate" all kinds of scenarios in which they have to expend significant personal effort to receive the benefit of their "investment". Somehow they expect education to be different.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12785490931698714452015-06-09T16:32:35.548-04:002015-06-09T16:32:35.548-04:00It costs money to go to Disneyland. But if you do...It costs money to go to Disneyland. But if you don't ride anything, then that's your problem.Emergency Mathematical Hologramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873569623797587860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77379213816342318822015-06-09T15:09:16.013-04:002015-06-09T15:09:16.013-04:00Thank you Cassandra!
"Unlike a car, college ...Thank you Cassandra! <br />"Unlike a car, college requires the “buyer” to do most of the work to obtain its value."<br />I think that's going to go on my (ever-expanding) syllabus. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711314415244801354noreply@blogger.com