This fall, my fifth child will begin her college career. She will attend the University of Arizona and we have discussed her choice of major. The Humanities are not a good choice these days, I fear. My oldest son entered the University of Southern California in 1983. He and I were both happy that one of his first semester courses was on the democracy of Athens. I wonder what such a course would be like today after reading this account of a present day History class at Northwestern University. For a while, after returning to USC to complete my pre-medical courses, I was an English major. I still recall those classes with affection for the interpretation of English LIterature they left me with. That, of course, was before the “Critical Studies” movement gutted the study of actual literature. Consider this example of such material being promoted at the University of Iowa, and tell me you are comfortable about your child’s college education.
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