In general, there are generalizations in this article that many students and professors can agree with (i.e. groggy students in classes), so I will keep that in mind. Although there are lots of points I agree with, I can't seem to help feeling like this piece offers no solid solution and may even be a dramatized grievance from a bad week at the office. There are many particulars that either we all wish were true or are over-generalizations we never question (i.e. TV medium is inhospitable to inspiration... Where's the studies? I was inspired by Bill Nye the Science Guy as a child to be mechanically creative and made lots of contraptions.)
This view is going to be very hard for me to present, since almost everyone in the course seemed to agree with Edmundson. I feel there are very few passionate students, but that passion for academics may not always be everything. There is more to life than academics and work, especially for each individual. Being happy may not include academics at all (i.e. farming), and in the end, it may be worthwhile to weigh out the options for ourselves.
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