The Politics of Rhetoric

Rhetoric was considered ina remarkably important discipline, not just because you want to go out into advertising. The point was to help the political community work through challenges that come along when any community is trying to live together or deal with the challenges that it faces from external forces. You learn very quickly to be careful in your arguments and to document everything thoroughly. And you also develop a thick hidethatth which is essential for an academico. It wasn't really about getting as and getting a four point o and getting into the best school. That's not what they were concerned with. They were concerned with the potential of a student. So if we measure universities by how big they are