Hb999 gutting gen Ed

There was some discussion on one satellite radio program about whether or not the bill also killed things like African American Studies and even most black fraternities and sororities. I was not sure if that was just radio talking-head hysteria, because as you say, there has not been much public discussion about the bill at all.

 

Oh no, man’s food and exceptional people are on the block…the horror.

 

r/ufl has at least two topic threads that students are discussing HB999.






Comments are a mixture of apathy, anger, and desire to get out of UF. Sad to see. But voting with ones feet is what DeSantis wants. He likes seeing state school kids give up while his private education rises.

 

Seems like the black fraternities are not at risk (yet).

 

That is a shame. One of the things I didn't really appreciate about UF until after I transferred out was that the gen eds weren't boring cookie cutter classes. I wish more colleges did that instead of just giving every freshman the same comp1 class.

 

Pretty sad to see happen. Florida is going to more resemble Guatemala within about 20 years, once the boomers start dying off and FL is left with a withering, uneducated population. I sure as heck wouldn’t recommend any young people put down roots in this state. The future is clear, and it ain’t pretty.

My theory is this is part of a long play to exploit the natural resources of the state. Dumb down the population as much as possible so there is no resistance to corruption.

 

30 years ago I took both. Although i think the one i took was called “ the meat we eat”. Also met a super hottie in my exceptional people class when we had to do the volunteer work

 

The board of trustees take over hiring of faculty without faculty input, no teaching of theories ...

New Bill Latest Assault In Florida’s War On Higher Education

 

It’s a real shame that this legislature has no identity other than what they are told.

On this particular issue, I have been assuming that this only applies to the state gen ed courses, of which I believe there are five categories, math, communication, natural science, social science, and humanities. Math and communication shouldn’t be affected here, as those courses are few and very core. There could be some fallout with the other categories, as there is a bit more flexibility in those. Why the state would want to limit student flexibility, I do not know.

 

It’s a worthwhile debate on eliminating degrees and courses that have limited economic throughout value to the state and taxpayers. I wish there was more debate and analysis that went into it instead of the headlines and focus on CRT / ESG / DEI.

 

Could be, but I also think it might just be that these people see these moves as so obviously correct that they don’t require input of the actual people affected. Normal big government stuff.

I read recently that the USSR implemented a plan ridding society of common weekends to keep factories open 7 days a week. Each citizen was assigned work days and off days that were all staggered from one another. The government didn’t have a motive to gain control here (they already had it!) and seemingly just honestly saw this design as an efficient improvement on society. Of course, the conclusion of this imperious affair only seems too predictable with our modern eyes, but a world in which there was almost no one else with which to spend one’s free days was a terrible world. And yet somehow the elites didn’t see this problem in advance. As Hayek trenchantly observed, “The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.”

 

Where are the voices of the University presidents (Sasse) in this?

 

And the Republican war on education continues.

 

Not so sure that old Soviet govt didn’t have a motive with your “no common weekends” example. Less free time together = less time to lament the sorry state of their lives = less time to plot against the govt.

Unless there were former Soviet officials on the record saying “yeah, that was just dumb”, I’d assume it actually had a purpose and it’s purpose was about that sort of control. If slaves are kept busy they don’t have time to plot revolts.

 

Counterpoint, no it isn't

 

You ask as if you expect him to disagree