Giancarlo Sopo
@GiancarloSopo
Mainly writing about cinema • Fascinated by the intersection of politics and culture • Made in 🇺🇸 With 🇨🇺 Parts • “I was born standing up and talking back”
07-07-2013 23:14:04
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Rebecca Spang Higher ed brought a lot of this upon itself.
Makes zero sense to make an 18 year-old kid drop $200,000 on a film studies degree when they can take MasterClasses taught by Martin Scorsese and James Cameron for $120.
State-sanctioned racket that needs to be overhauled.
Giancarlo Sopo Kurt Schlichter Rebecca Spang In the latter 1800s, George Westinghouse revolutionized the railroad industry with his air brake, electrified Pittsburg, and invented many other things we still use today.
His college dean believed he would be a great engineer if he were to drop out of school, and he did.
saveinventors Giancarlo Sopo Kurt Schlichter Rebecca Spang Exactly. He developed skills in an apprentice-style environment and changed the world—before we spent $12K per student (on average). A foreman in a factory took the young man under his wing and fostered Westinghouse's curiosity and drive.