Sorry, but I paid my college to provide me with an education.
My professors -- they strove to provide me with an education.
My classes -- designed for the sole purpose of providing me and my fellow classmates with an education.
The students -- did not all necessarily walk away with the same level of education, but all had the same education provided for them by the college (broadly speaking).
Imagine, if you would, that education is a delicious banana split with all of the fixings. Some of the people who have ordered the banana split will immediately yum it right up. Some will linger over it, and need to take their time to finish, lest they feel ill or experience brainfreeze. Others will start the banana split, but will at some point realize that they don't like nuts, or the flavor of some of the ice cream, or that they're lactose intolerant, and they will leave a portion behind. Others will enjoy their frozen treat but simply won't be able to finish, and upon reaching their banana split saturation point they will stop eating. However, they will all have paid to be provided with the damned banana split, not the OPPORTUNITY to eat a banana split.
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timeasmymeasure
Semantics quibble
Date: 2004-08-20 02:42 pm (UTC)My professors -- they strove to provide me with an education.
My classes -- designed for the sole purpose of providing me and my fellow classmates with an education.
The students -- did not all necessarily walk away with the same level of education, but all had the same education provided for them by the college (broadly speaking).
Imagine, if you would, that education is a delicious banana split with all of the fixings. Some of the people who have ordered the banana split will immediately yum it right up. Some will linger over it, and need to take their time to finish, lest they feel ill or experience brainfreeze. Others will start the banana split, but will at some point realize that they don't like nuts, or the flavor of some of the ice cream, or that they're lactose intolerant, and they will leave a portion behind. Others will enjoy their frozen treat but simply won't be able to finish, and upon reaching their banana split saturation point they will stop eating. However, they will all have paid to be provided with the damned banana split, not the OPPORTUNITY to eat a banana split.
And now I'm hungry.