Comments on: They’re unlikely to function as effective team members in an organization that has to deal with everyday realities https://www.isegoria.net/2021/06/theyre-unlikely-to-function-as-effective-team-members-in-an-organization-that-has-to-deal-with-everyday-realities/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Bomag https://www.isegoria.net/2021/06/theyre-unlikely-to-function-as-effective-team-members-in-an-organization-that-has-to-deal-with-everyday-realities/comment-page-1/#comment-3380944 Bomag Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:08:25 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47990#comment-3380944 “In the long run, all college graduates are defective.”

That’s a thing. Whatever the school, they use the same books; the same pedagogy, for the most part.

The few reports I get from the working world have recent college graduates listed as damaged goods. Those rising through the ranks are much more functional.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2021/06/theyre-unlikely-to-function-as-effective-team-members-in-an-organization-that-has-to-deal-with-everyday-realities/comment-page-1/#comment-3380930 Bob Sykes Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:55:35 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47990#comment-3380930 Expecting young people to speak up against the reigning dogma at the risk of expulsion and black listing is unrealistic. Everyone everywhere goes along with the crowd just to survive.

He goes on to recommend the students at state schools. The better state schools, like those in the ACC, Big Ten, Pac 12, are, indeed, every bit as good as the Ivies and Haverford College, and many of their students are every bit as good as those in elite schools. But good state schools get much of their faculty from the Ph.D. programs at the elite schools, and their faculties are gradually becoming infected with the Ivy disease. In the long run, all college graduates are defective.

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