Silliopolous
18-10-2005, 17:10
We've all seen the craptastic fluff, the hatefull invective, and the general low grade of integrity in journalism today. Hell, Jon Stewart has made a career complaining about it, and it sells for ine simple reason
Because it's true.
So, for those of us tired of the inattention to detail, the laziness, and the unabashed bullshit that the media presents to us, let me take a moment and introduce you to the future of
journalism (http://www.dailyiowan.com/media/paper599/news/2005/10/13/Opinions/On.Schoolings.Useless.Lessons-1019353.shtml) by way of her recent letter to the editor.
I loved high school. I loved the memories I have of parties, football games, and hanging out with my friends. These are the things I have taken with me, not the useless information acquired in the classroom.
I remember complaining about how I'd never use knowledge I gained in the classroom in real life. I regretted all the time I devoted to school because, in the end, I didn't remember the algebraic equations, historical dates, or the periodic table.
A problem exists within the high-school education system: It doesn't prepare students for their careers. When I decided in high school that my major was going to be journalism, I took the only class offered by my school in hopes of learning the journalistic writing style. I didn't learn anything from that class. My teacher was not a journalism teacher; she was an English teacher.
...
How is this fair? I shouldn't have to give up my dream of working at Glamour magazine because my GPA was low - all because of some stupid gen-ed classes that I was forced to take. Let's just get rid of them.
Oh yes, the horror of needing to be able to write.... English.
The difficulty of having to be able to learn to assimilate ,digest, and then present organized thoughts on disparate subjects.
The incredible unfairness of having to apply oneself to acheive one's dreams.
Yes, why oh why should life require that of a journalist? It's just so darn unfair.....
But have no fear Stacey, the future is now! These traits already seem out of favour in the media so don't give up your dreams of a long career in the hard-hitting world of discussing celebrity hemlines.
If it could happen to half the hacks out there, it could happen to you too!
Sweet Jebus, this had best not be the prevalent thinking in journalism schools these days....
Because it's true.
So, for those of us tired of the inattention to detail, the laziness, and the unabashed bullshit that the media presents to us, let me take a moment and introduce you to the future of
journalism (http://www.dailyiowan.com/media/paper599/news/2005/10/13/Opinions/On.Schoolings.Useless.Lessons-1019353.shtml) by way of her recent letter to the editor.
I loved high school. I loved the memories I have of parties, football games, and hanging out with my friends. These are the things I have taken with me, not the useless information acquired in the classroom.
I remember complaining about how I'd never use knowledge I gained in the classroom in real life. I regretted all the time I devoted to school because, in the end, I didn't remember the algebraic equations, historical dates, or the periodic table.
A problem exists within the high-school education system: It doesn't prepare students for their careers. When I decided in high school that my major was going to be journalism, I took the only class offered by my school in hopes of learning the journalistic writing style. I didn't learn anything from that class. My teacher was not a journalism teacher; she was an English teacher.
...
How is this fair? I shouldn't have to give up my dream of working at Glamour magazine because my GPA was low - all because of some stupid gen-ed classes that I was forced to take. Let's just get rid of them.
Oh yes, the horror of needing to be able to write.... English.
The difficulty of having to be able to learn to assimilate ,digest, and then present organized thoughts on disparate subjects.
The incredible unfairness of having to apply oneself to acheive one's dreams.
Yes, why oh why should life require that of a journalist? It's just so darn unfair.....
But have no fear Stacey, the future is now! These traits already seem out of favour in the media so don't give up your dreams of a long career in the hard-hitting world of discussing celebrity hemlines.
If it could happen to half the hacks out there, it could happen to you too!
Sweet Jebus, this had best not be the prevalent thinking in journalism schools these days....