Comments on: Bollinger’s statement… http://rhetorica.net/archives/1122.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: acline http://rhetorica.net/archives/1122.html/comment-page-1#comment-673 acline Tue, 22 Apr 2003 11:14:22 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=1122#comment-673 Good list. I agree. Good list. I agree.

]]> By: Lex http://rhetorica.net/archives/1122.html/comment-page-1#comment-672 Lex Tue, 22 Apr 2003 11:08:24 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=1122#comment-672 A version of this discussion crops up from time to time on the Internet's various journalism-related discussion groups, usually based on the question: What should I/my child study to be prepared for a career in journalism? My canned response includes those things Bollinger and you listed and also includes: --a broad liberal-arts education, highlighted by a disciplined major that requires the student to go broadly and deeply into a subject that sings to him/her, using both basic and advanced research techniques, and to both defend a thesis and critique the theses of others. --several years' worth of study of at least one foreign language, including travel abroad if possible. --at least basic psychology --basic spreadsheet and database applications. --at least basic introduction to the world's major religions --constitutional law I'm probably forgetting some things, but hey. A version of this discussion crops up from time to time on the Internet’s various journalism-related discussion groups, usually based on the question: What should I/my child study to be prepared for a career in journalism?

My canned response includes those things Bollinger and you listed and also includes:
–a broad liberal-arts education, highlighted by a disciplined major that requires the student to go broadly and deeply into a subject that sings to him/her, using both basic and advanced research techniques, and to both defend a thesis and critique the theses of others.
–several years’ worth of study of at least one foreign language, including travel abroad if possible.
–at least basic psychology
–basic spreadsheet and database applications.
–at least basic introduction to the world’s major religions
–constitutional law

I’m probably forgetting some things, but hey.

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