Interesting Observations about Education and Common Sense

Education does not always equal common sense, an observation which, as the writer of this article observes applies to those on both the liberal and the conservative sides of the political spectrum.   

~~~    S. Lane

The A Students And Common Sense

Today on the Right, one side is arguing for what's come to be called a common sense conservatism, while intellectuals on the Right, especially some young ones, whine incessantly because they interpret it as a lack of ideas. So, they're invested in this or that cause of  re-invention based upon everything from shopping at Sam's Club, to eating granola bars. And that is why I give our intellectuals such a hard time. If they're permitted to do on the Right what Obama and his A students are now doing on the Left, common sensemay disappear from American government for all, or a very long, time.

A Plague of ‘A’ Students
Why it’s so irksome being governed by the Obami.

The secret to the Obama annoyance is snotty lecturing. His tone of voice sends us back to the worst place in college. We sit once more packed into the vast, dreary confines of a freshman survey course—“Rocks for Jocks,” “Nuts and Sluts,” “Darkness at Noon.” At the lectern is a twerp of a grad student—the prototypical A student—insecure, overbearing, full of himself and contempt for his students. All we want is an easy three credits to fulfill a curriculum requirement in science, social science, or fine arts. We’ve got a mimeographed copy of last year’s final with multiple choice answers already written on our wrists. The grad student could skip his classes, the way we intend to, but there the s.o.b. is, taking attendance. (How else to explain this year’s census?)

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