Guy HoffmanThe problem [1] and its explanation [2] (HT @jeffjarvis)
1. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRcjsvSp/
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/opinion/humanities-liberal-arts-policy-higher-education.html
Bob Wyman@hoffman @jeffjarvis
Vocational schools prepare you to be a tool.
Liberal arts prepare you to be a tool user.
Vocational schools prepare you to be a tool.
Liberal arts prepare you to be a tool user.
@hoffman @jeffjarvis Several of those who commented seem to think that there is something elitist about the distinction between a "tool" and a "tool user." It is unfortunate that they have been socialized to think that way. Society needs people skilled in both of these and neither is more honorable or more worthy than the other.
Excellence in any skill should be celebrated.