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Simpsons on the Silver Screen
An anonymous reader writes "It looks like Matt Groening is going to actually go through with it. This article
says that the cast of the Simpsons has signed on for at least 3 feature films. Hooray!" I hope they call them Episodes 4, 5 and 6.
Spamfilter D'oh!
...that the education system is in complete shambles, when it becomes necessary
to introduce courses like this.
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In all likelyhood, they're the equivalent of the underwater soap-carving courses
that engineering students take to "satisfy" the arts requirement component of
their curriculum.
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In the story, who's speaking up about the course? A biology major -- a geek who
is apparently too dim to recognize that a broad education is valuable, and has
chosen to take a flakey course to satisfy a requisite with minimum effort.
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Why on earth are the universities catering to this sort of limited, lazy thinking?
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The job of the university should be to create a graduation class of people who
are going to lead the advancement of the arts and sciences. To do so, these
people are going to require a broad education, one that has challenged them on
all fronts and forced them to think creatively and thoughtfully. They need to be
people who are eternally curious, doggedly determined, and, above all, brilliant.
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Serving up Simpsons swill as some sort of philosophy substitute is not doing
anyone a favour.
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Perhaps the standards have dropped too low. Maybe you don't have to be
particularly smart to enter university any more: you just have to have money.
Perhaps there's too much emphasis in the job market on post-secondary degrees.
And the past three decade's emphasis on sciences as the be-all and end-all goal
of education is certainly at fault: we need more technically-trained people (ie.
college-level job training) than we need science/structure-trained people.
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"The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer," indeed. Next up: "An Overview
of Political Philosophies: The Travels of Xena, Warrior Princess."
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Bah.
Don't mind if i do!
Don't quit your day job, tiger.
main screen turn on!
I wasn't actually expecting to get modded up. If I was, I wouldn't have checked the "Post Anonymously" box. I was just commenting on the fact that this is the worst thread on slashdot, and the worst moderation ever.
Ha vuh vuh vuh.
M@
Krispy Cream is people
Scrumtralescent is the word you're thinking of.
I guess the editors don't watch Simpsons or the previous post would have been modded to five by now.
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"Damn straight Troy, my man!!!"
...was a peice of European shite.
I can not call the MPAA prudish @#^&%@# @^#%$ to get a higher rating.
I can not call the MPAA prudish @#^&%@# @^#%$ to get a higher rating.
I can not call the MPAA prudish @#^&%@# @^#%$ to get a higher rating.
Never confuse volume with power.
I just come here and read your opinions on the articles ;)
I wish I had mod points for you .... or at least a pillow case filled with doorknobs.
Isnt't the dialtone the sound you hear on the phone before you start dialing???
Shouldn't this be called something like 'Ringtones?'
No one got beat up more often than the mimes of the old west!
And I assert that you, in addition to being an Anonymous Coward, are also a cretinous buffoon.
Ha! I won't fall to your level! Oh wait...Doh!
Moderation: +4. Modded 70% Funny and 30% Overrated. 100% Saturated.
Ahhh..had to rush in to try for that golden first post, eh? Regardless of whether or not you actually had anything valuable to contribute?
Fuckhead.
Hey, I want some of that karma too!
Me too??? (Reloads page (Score:-1 Getting lame)...) Shit...
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