Education Gets in the Way of Activism

Hasn't this gone just a little too far, where college students are complaining that their education is becoming too troublesome on their political activism?

Brown student protesters complain homework is interfering with their activism

sounds like someone is being used and they dont realize it.

Student activists at Brown University are complaining of emotional stress and poor grades after months of protesting, and blame the school for insisting that they complete their coursework.

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Brown student protesters complain homework is interfering with their activism

I think these kids think they are French and studying in Paris, France. :lol:

In all seriousness, I think it's all about this educational entitlement attitude that has developed over the decades since the establishment of Student Loans, the grade school "show up and graduate" ideology, and other government programs allowing the unprepared and ill-educated to get into college. A belief that college is just a socially acceptable extension of adolescence; a period for partying and "activism" with defrayed debt that isn't worth thinking about because Mommy, Daddy, and the school system have taught them that with little or no effort they are all winners and can be President.

These kids need to realize that the purpose of college is education, and that any activism they support should take a secondary role. It's similar to the attitudes of kids who seek "Party Schools" like Arizona State; no intention of getting a degree based on study and comprehension. Just another ticket they have to punch to get that job when they graduate....in six or seven years.