Brotzen criticizes lack of academic breadth

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  • Franz Brotzen
  • M. Hulbert
چکیده

" O u t of b r e a d t h ? " W h y did I pick this topic? Well , the a n s w e r is, largely, because I t h o u g h t I had s o m e t h i n g to say c o n c e r n i n g the b r ead th of knowledge , un ivers i ty cu r r i cu la , life in genera l ; in shor t , the k ind of we l l -mean t adv ice tha t y o u r pa ren t s , uncles , a u n t s , and s u n d r y f r i ends a n d n e i g h b o r s impressed u p o n you a t the t ime w h e n you dec ided to go t o college.

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تاریخ انتشار 2012