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putting out of skills to hire?

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01font00You want to know my attitude towards liberal studies. Well, I have no respect for any study whatsoever if its end is the making of money. Such studies are to me unworthy ones. They involve the 01font00putting out of skills to hire02font00, and are only of value 01font00in so far as02font00 they may develop the mind without occupying if for long. Time should be spent on them only so long as one’s mental abilities are not up to dealing with higher things. They are our apprenticeship, not our real work.。Why ‘liberal studies’ are so called is obvious: it is because they are the ones considered worthy of a free man. But there is really only one liberal study　that deserve the name-because it makes a person free-and that is the pursuit of wisdom. Its high ideals, its steadfastness and spirit make all other studies puerile and puny in comparison.　02font02br
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0 the putting out of skills to hire : graduating to be paid for what you learned02br 02br 00He is saying that education for the sole reason of making money is not the true purpose of learning. A bricklayer trains to lay bricks, nothing else. What's the value of that?

— Toronto2001

  • 0 the putting out of skills to hire : graduating to be paid for what you learned02br 02br 00He is saying that education for the sole reason of making money is not the true purpose of learning.
  • A bricklayer trains to lay bricks, nothing else.
  • What's the value of that?
  • Schools that 'put out' bakers only to earn money for baking (bread or whatever) are useless.
  • 02br 02br 00in so far as : if02br 02br 00There are many examples of this kind of English, lots of words that sound good but don't really mean anything.
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0 the putting out of skills to hire : graduating to be paid for what you learned02br
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00He is saying that education for the sole reason of making money is not the true purpose of learning. A bricklayer trains to lay bricks, nothing else. What's the value of that? Schools that 'put out' bakers only to earn money for baking (bread or whatever) are useless. 02br
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0Thanks! Toronto.02br
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00Another sentence I do not quite understand is this: 02br
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01font00Why 'liberal studies' are so called is obvious: it is because they are the ones considered worthy of a free man. 02font02br
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0In order to further clarify my understanding, please tell me whether the following replacements are okay or not:02br
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00= output of skills to hire oneself out to the employers ?0-
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0 Liberal studies are those that are not tied to finding work. A liberal arts degree, for instance, includes English, history, philosophy and many other subjects not related to finding work of any kind. The major benefit of a liberal studies education is that the student's mind is opened and set free to contemplate thoughts, subjects and ideas which the student was not able to consider previousl
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0 Not ok. The output of skills had to do with the education, not the student. A trades course, in millwork for instance, concentrates on 'the output of skills' only. A liberal studies education assumes that you will do something else but it provides you with the social skills and the thinking skills to do more than just be a tradesperson.02br
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0Thank you so much! Toronto. You really helped me a lot.0-
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0One final question, is 'hire' a noun or a verb in 'putting out of skills to hire'0-
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0putting is the verb in that sentence. Honestly, I don't know what 'to hire' is. It may be an intransitive verb but, hopefully, some guru will check this thread out and help you. Good luck!02br
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0Thanks! Anon. However, I tend to regard 'hire' as a noun. 'to hire' in this phrase shall be of same usage as in 'He's shooted to death'.02br
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0 Would anyone help? I'm waiting. 0-
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