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5.6.16

Colleges can have a problem in the humanities and social studies departments. Avoid them as much as possible. While it is a great thing to go there to learn STEM and computers, still try to avoid these departments as much as possible.

Allen Bloom went into this in detail in The Closing of the American Mind.   

Instead one should learn Musar, that is Mediaeval Ethics.

There are however a few redeeming things which one could take. First year philosophy is usually about Plato and Aristotle. These are important. Also the arts.