Beer And Conversation With Pigweed And Crowhill

The boys drink and review Lucky 7 Porter from Evo, then discuss the purpose and role of universities. Why do we have so many majors in university? Why not have a basic education, then specialize at the masters and doctorate level? Early on, universities were "finishing schools for nobility." They taught how to think critically, how to communicate, how to be a cultured person, and how to fit in with the rest of European society. There is a cultural good to having an educated population, which is why we provide publicly funded education. Many of the universities were originally founded to train preachers and pious, civic-minded people. They've changed their emphasis over time. They still want to train people to be good citizens, but they've lost the concept of virtue and a common culture with common values. Often the universties are a hotbed of hostility towards our culture. They've become "subversities." There used to be a common understanding of "the good." There isn't anymore. The boys then discuss the