I went to a notoriously conservative university - one of the most conservative in the country. A lot of my family members had gone there, too. I got the same major as my mom.

She blames the school for turning me into a socialist.

In actuality, of course, I just: learned how to think better, read lots of books, and was surrounded by shitty conservative people for 4 years.

Many such cases. Ultimately, universities are places designed to expose people to ideas - some good, some bad.

[–] axont@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Modern universities are places designed to turn tuition and government grants into real estate purchases to use as rental properties

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Well... yeah fair. They still do expose people to ideas though, if only as a side effect of generating tuition