TODAY’S EXCERPT OF CHOICE (from chapter “Reforming the Academy”) —“It is in th

TODAY’S EXCERPT OF CHOICE

(from chapter “Reforming the Academy”)

—“It is in the nature of the incentives of Educators to strive to make men witty and cunning, rather than to strive to make them moral and wise. If in no small part, because they desire to be entertaining, desire to circumvent defense of their weak arguments, any challenge to which would undermine the students’ suspension of disbelief in their mastery of the subject.

And because those who are instead moral and wise, choose more ethical, moral, and profitable careers. Education is no less sacred a ritual than any other. But it is performed by the least sacred of means. Otherwise they would warranty their product as does every other profession other than the priesthood and the politician.”—