Columbia Drug Bust

University campuses have long existed as bubbles divorced from the real world. Drug use is seldom challenged by campus authorities . (I would bet if the events leading up to the arrests had been confined to the campus alone, nothing would have come of it. The fact that NYPD was involved says a lot.) In addition, a faux grading standard often prevails that echoes today’s ‘too big to fail’ policies. It is assumed that pass/fail pretty much covers the gamut - failure being reserved for the most flagrant violations and, like the death penalty, is almost never tapped.

Kids going to the Ivies go there with the understanding that they are already special, either by virtue of their parent’s wealth or their connections. It is possible to graduate from such schools having done nothing of note. At the same time, the opportunity still exists to do a lot. A fair number of students will fall into the former category. I did.

I could have attended an ivy league school. I was accepted, but chose not to go. At the small Pennsylvania liberal arts college I ended up attending, it was the same. Under the tutelage of liberal professors I was afforded every opportunity to graduate with honors, even without having applied myself. I’ve often wished for a do-over.

This was 40 years ago. Since then it’s only gotten worse. Liberalism has steadily advanced and bled into departments that one might have thought to be immune. I don’t think 40 years ago, a hoax like ’global warming’ could have been perpetuated to the extent it is today. Yet, even then, traditional disciplines were already openly fornicating to produce now innumerable lesser cousins.

In the resulting bastardization of academic discipline that now holds sway over traditional learning, ideology has succeeded in making considerable inroads. Along with it came a lack of regard for authority, law and country.

There is a healthy flush of rebellion in every young person. It’s the job of adults to channel this properly as not to become destructive. We’ve allowed precisely the opposite to happen. We’ve taken this natural rebellious spirit and encouraged it to pursue destructive ends.

Our current president and his wife both are the product of ivy league education. They are much younger than I and thus were exposed to a much greater dose of the poison than I.

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