Very interesting recent comments of a UChicago student

marlowe1
Sun, 21 Jan 2024 20:03:39 +0000

What interests me in the student’s statement is less its objective truth than what it tells about the ethos of the school - what students think the experience there should be. I doubt there are many other schools where students claim as a virtue for the place that it’s where you go to get your ass kicked. That’s a statement of value. Other schools make a point of valuing other experiences. Of course people, including many who wouldn’t touch the place with a barge pole, have been saying this sort of thing forever about Chicago. Must be something to it, though it does get up the nose of many.