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I agree with you on most of this.
Esoteric is cool; you just have to be aware of the fact that to most of the world, your interests and obsessions are marginal at best. Elites are fine with me too, I just don't care much for the overall culture of academia. I have met some professors who I think are outstanding people with great value to impart to others; unfortunately, none of them were actually my professors in college.
As far as schools of writing go, I meant I would like to see them more as their own institutions, like we have for people who want to work with computers or become plumbers or carpenters. I know there are a few, but they are few indeed. You could design your own major at my school (in fact, I was customizing a major in music criticism when I decided to leave), but all the regular undergrad BA requirements still had to be met.
I think this thread has been pretty interesting in general, but I like the poop talk/toilet habit threads too, so I don't know what that means...
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