No cell phones allowed: Some colleges ban modern-day gadgets

[Ed Anger]

HA!

[garbon]

Is this where we pat you on the head?

Even if you displayed genuine sympathy for anyone other than yourself, I doubt anyone would believe it.

I'm very empathetic.

[garbon]

And how would they do that, exactly?  How could an institution of higher education teach students how to function in an environment where those distractions exist?  And what would be the justification for why they would teach students these skills? Did your college teach you how?

Well, yeah my college taught me how, at least in a way.  Distractions were there, they expected me to continue to function, I continued to function.  They sure as hell didn't just take it all away and hope it works out for the best after I step off campus and suddenly omg there's youtube

Yep. Though if the idea is to prep people to live in isolated communities (I mean we are talking Wyoming) then maybe though presumably people in those settings don't need 26k/year educations.

[Ideologue]

Is this where we pat you on the head?

Even if you displayed genuine sympathy for anyone other than yourself, I doubt anyone would believe it.

I'm very empathetic.

I believe you.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Apparently nobody else does, either.

There's just the one guy at my joint who does.  Poor bastard. 

[CountDeMoney]

Yep. Though if the idea is to prep people to live in isolated communities (I mean we are talking Wyoming) then maybe though presumably people in those settings don't need 26k/year educations.

I sincerely doubt these kids are unfamiliar with the uses of modern technology.  They are, however, most likely unfamiliar with a dedicated academic learning environment.

[Maximus]

That's not mastery of the liberal arts;  that's mastery of the Food Network and the Travel Channel.

Who cares.  Smelly brown pipples are still smelly brown pipples.  Don't need a liberal arts education to recognize that.

Stunning exhibit of the value of a liberal arts education.

[CountDeMoney]

That's not mastery of the liberal arts;  that's mastery of the Food Network and the Travel Channel.

Who cares.  Smelly brown pipples are still smelly brown pipples.  Don't need a liberal arts education to recognize that.

Stunning exhibit of the value of a liberal arts education.

Everything on their side of the planet smells like curry.

[Ed Anger]

And diarrhea.

[HVC]

Hipsters who use typewriters shouldn't have a say in the whether or not technology detracts from education. They're obviously biased.


and old

[11B4V]

HA!

Ditto

[garbon]

Hipsters who use typewriters shouldn't have a say in the whether or not technology detracts from education. They're obviously biased.


and old

+1

[garbon]

They are, however, most likely unfamiliar with a dedicated academic learning environment.

Which has little or nothing to do with modern technology.

[CountDeMoney]

They are, however, most likely unfamiliar with a dedicated academic learning environment.

Which has little or nothing to do with modern technology.

For a generation with the attention and retention span of Ritalin-addled chipmunks after a meth-fueled weekend bender with the Philly chapter of the Warlocks MC thanks to their inability to discipline themselves regarding the use of modern technology, I would say it does. 

[jimmy olsen]

Hey, if colleges can ban smoking on their premises for the greater good--"the greater good"--they can restrict Internet silliness for the educational environment.

Beware the heretical Tau!