The prof in charge of the honors courses was conservative and held a degree from a respected university. On the list was Plato, de Toqueville, Locke, Tom Paine, Adam Smith, the Federalist Papers, etc. Definitely a more classical bent.
The "normal" curriculum prof held a degree from a third rate state university, and the class content had a decidedly more modern bent. Focus was a lot more on the glorious "evolution" of the country into a nanny-state, reparation politics, and how you "feel" things should be without backing up your arguments with fact/reason. Very much Civil War Era on, and singing the praises of the Great Society measures.
The honors class got invited to a discussion panel with the Congresscritter on Social Security reform, the normal class practically were told who to vote for. |
