Better to be ignorant, than to be Liberal?

Careful Not to Get Too Much Education...Or You Could Turn Liberal

Although this article is quite interesting it is not extremely surprising. We have heard so many times about the "evil and sinful" universities that corrupt the young minds into becoming, well ...liberal. There have been numerous discussions on why most of the faculty and students (at least graduate) lean to the left. However I never thought of students actually thinking about their chances to end up on the left or right. The conversation between a freshman and more senior student, described in this article, somewhat humors and alarms me at the same time.

"If you get a bachelors," the seasoned student reassured, "you'll probably be okay. But my professor said that when you get a master's, and definitely if you go beyond that, you can lose your values. He said that college students have to be watchful because if you get too much education, you could turn LIBERAL. He's seen it happen to a lot of good Christians."

Surprisingly we do not hear anyone asking about the reasons why more education results in liberal views. Call me presumptuous, but I would like to believe that we still live in a world where education is a "good think", which provides knowledge, develops thought and, shall we say, makes one smarter. Oh yes, I know the counter argument - it's not about being smart, but about biased professors that keep the truth (or the other side of it) from the youngsters. But even if we agree with that premise for a second, it still doesn't answer the question. If the other side was so credible it would be hard for those highly educated people to deny it. As for these two students, the choice for them seems to be clear - better not have Master's (even if it helps so much in current world) than risk becoming the “L” people. The fact that it doesn't even seem to matter why it could happen to them only proves the point - better to be ignorant, than liberal.