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Dear Mr O’Donnell
Your item is truly extraordinarily important now that, on one hand, colleges are no longer what they used to be in “good old times”, while on the other hand, billions of young people would like to, or rather, should get a college education.
The essence of this new situation is that the burden of study falls more and more on the student.
In his famous autobiography, Bertrand Russell writes that in the late 1800s, when he went to university, he was lucky since in his class, instead of the prescribed five students, there were only four. Not to mention that they were assigned to a senior professor who for the first two years taught them all the subjects.
Trying to do that nowadays, say, in the USA, would require more funds than ten wars in Iraq …
Thus the ever increasing burden which shifts upon the students, and away from colleges …
The obvious, and obviously hard to settle objection to your item is, of course, the list of books and the duration for their study.
However, this issue can – and should – be dealt with based on the Socratic method …
Please, be so kind, and if possible, keep me posted with the developments related to your item.
With best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Elemer E Rosinger
I look forward to studying these books. I definately agree that Murray Rothbard’s “What Has Government Done to Our Money?” is especially relevant today. I’ve read 90% of his “Mystery of Banking”. Its an easy, logical read that really shines the light on the fraudulent aspects of fractional reserve banking.
I will be sending copies of this article to my friends and family, and I will be saving a copy for when my children reach college age — something for them to consider as an alternative, as they will have to pay for college mostly on their own, I am afraid!. I think over time I may add some shorter, targeted works to this list, as well.
I had the good fortune during my senior year of college to have my major course of study cancelled. This meant that I got to spend the year doing “readings” courses — I read several classic works and engaged in dialogue about them with my professors. Final exams were largely oral and great fun. I want very much for my friends and family, and especially my children, to have a similarly rigorous (and fun!) education.
Thanks again for your thoughts.
Thank you for the thoughtful comments and emails. I’ll post updates here and through email also as requested. I changed the blog settings to post comments more quickly.