tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3898471101120084423..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: I'm Thankful To Have Received The Broad, Liberal Arts Education I Did At West PointDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-45415667709670407622016-01-25T15:34:02.875-08:002016-01-25T15:34:02.875-08:00"But he also noted that the top factor associ..."But he also noted that the top factor associated with a six-figure salary was not college major but having taken a large share of classes outside one's major."<br />I say there is correlation there, but not causation. <br />It's not taking those classes that gives you a 6 figure salary, but rather that the 6-figure kind of person has a culture which understands why those things are important, the liberty/ability/money to take these kinds of classes, and then has the academic ability to pass them.Pseudotsugahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04113260814272433972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-32289666852803745662016-01-25T07:44:43.384-08:002016-01-25T07:44:43.384-08:00Thanks very much for sharing your perspective. We ...Thanks very much for sharing your perspective. We are always trying spread the word that the liberal arts are not politically liberal, at least in their origin. <br /><br />Have you seen this Atlantic piece? It might interest you: http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/10/the-unexpected-schools-championing-the-liberal-arts/410500/<br />Power of Liberal Artshttp://www.liberalartspower.org/Pages/default.aspxnoreply@blogger.com