/lit/ - Literature

>>9985667
>>9985629
as much as i admire autodidacts and agree with the above posters that the educational system is severely broken (even bordering on serfdom when you factor in the huge debts in america), from a practical standpoint the shiny baubles of a PhD and publishing credits are not worthless. they signal to people with power that you know what you are talking about. they let you get teaching gigs. at least for the sciences they explicitly qualify you for certain kinds of jobs in industry (i.e. the non-wageslave jobs).

i'm aware of how house-of-cardsy the whole "get a degree in academia so you can be qualified to teach people in academia" thing is, but what's the alternative? pick up a trade and read chaucer on the side? no offense but i'd rather teach a few shitty undergraduate classes at a community college than be a plumber.

all literature becomes right wing given enough time.

>>9078209
>thinks xe will ever learn a language as well as a highly-skilled professional translator who is a native speaker of the poem's language