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From: TR Young <TR.Young@uvm.edu>
Subject: Re: White Collar Crime
Todd: thanks for your thoughtful comment.

....and you might want to consider the labor of those many
who have worked free so much that you could learn and
think...

DesCartes once said, cogito, ergo sum, by which
most hold that to mean that he meant that there was at least one
unassailable proposition which can stand against doubt; I
think, therefore there must be a thinker who thinks, namely me.

There is another 'reading' of that aphorism:

        Unless I think, I am less than a human being;
        if I don't think, I don't exist...whether there is
        a god or not.

....and you might want to think of those who would love
to have your vacant seat in class if only they had the
chance to sit there...so they could have the basic tools
with which to become a thinking human being...

                                        what do you think?      TR

                                                        


At 05:01 PM 4/14/97 -0800, you wrote:
>TR Young:
>
>I see little, if any, logic in your suggestion that a student
>cutting class is the equilivant to a doctor sending an
>unqualified staff member to do their work or to a worker
>stealing from their employer.
>
>Last I checked, the university that I attend was not paying
>me to attend their classes.  I have paid my way through
>my education and should be able to make a decision as to
>whether a class is worthwile to attend or not.  Your
>claim that college students are unable to manage their
>owm priorities is equally absurd.
>
>I feel that the true crime comes from universities that hold
>on to professors that should have retired years ago.  When
>a professor stops putting effort into making their classes
>interesting or into updating their lectures, I as a student
>feel that I have been taken advantage of.
>
>If a student chooses not to attend class, it is their loss.
>They miss out on the learning process and the instructor
>still gets paid.  I see your point, but disagree with the
>arguement.
>
>Todd Huff
>C.S.U. Fullerton
>