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Neprātīgā saprāta balss - 4. Oktobris 2009
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http://puesoccurrences.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/one-more-reason-for-studying-history/
One more reason for studying history
By puesoccurrences
By Juliana Adelman
came across a very small paragraph on page 13 of the Observer today which should be carefully considered by leaving cert takers. According to Cherwell, the University of Oxford’s student magazine, history students are the most sexually active of all. And lest this concern parents whose children are currently studying history with how they might be frittering away their time it turns out that good grades are also correlated with high sexual activity. This leads to all sorts of interesting questions, not least of which is the real possibility that history students (and high achievers) are more likely to exaggerate their sexual activity than other types of students. To what use will future historians put this ’scientific’ data? The sex survey is now routine, particularly on college campuses. Nevermind the Kinsey report, a future researcher will have a plethora of data on sexual activities and attitudes. One typical aspect of sex surveys is an interest in finding new ways of categorising people. That’s why Cherwell’s report even caught my eye, instead of comparing by the usual categories of age and gender, they used their subject of study. This, of course, produced more interesting headlines. The Observer: ‘Why it can pay to have a firm grasp of history.’ Will this have a positive impact on uptake in history courses? I wouldn’t be too surprised.
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