Not so sure that it was always Kool -Aid. It is hard (for me, at least) to imagine what the impact of the G.I. Bill has been on U.S. history. Suddenly servicemen and women, for the low, low price of risking their lives, could go to college. One need no longer be among the landed gentry to read great books and learn great things.
Not so sure that it was always Kool -Aid. It is hard (for me, at least) to imagine what the impact of the G.I. Bill has been on U.S. history. Suddenly servicemen and women, for the low, low price of risking their lives, could go to college. One need no longer be among the landed gentry to read great books and learn great things.
It is unsurprising and indeed it is a very good thing that this caught on.
But then came The Age of Indolence, which began several decades ago, and in which we are now stuck, seemingly stuck but good and for a long, long time.
The whole nation nearly swooned last week to witness people working! That could catch on.
Spot-on, actually; the post WWII GI Bill era was arguably the sweet spot. College admission standards hadn't crumbled yet, skilled trades still respected -- the evil came later.
Not so sure that it was always Kool -Aid. It is hard (for me, at least) to imagine what the impact of the G.I. Bill has been on U.S. history. Suddenly servicemen and women, for the low, low price of risking their lives, could go to college. One need no longer be among the landed gentry to read great books and learn great things.
It is unsurprising and indeed it is a very good thing that this caught on.
But then came The Age of Indolence, which began several decades ago, and in which we are now stuck, seemingly stuck but good and for a long, long time.
The whole nation nearly swooned last week to witness people working! That could catch on.
Spot-on, actually; the post WWII GI Bill era was arguably the sweet spot. College admission standards hadn't crumbled yet, skilled trades still respected -- the evil came later.