Why no "Conservative Arts" colleges/degrees?

So I was thinking today, wondering where the term "Liberal Arts" in denoting colleges and their degrees first came from, then suddenly I wondered why nobody had ever thought of starting a new trend, by coining the term "Conservative Arts" and having their colleges and degrees be a new alternative to those of the "Liberal Arts".

Anyone have any ideas?

 

It doesn't mean as opposed to conservative, it's more opposed to fine arts.

 

This is tongue-in-cheek, right?


Right?





I might have to go shoot myself.

 

As if they'd ever allow CONSERVATIVE principles into the LIBERAL college environment.

 

Liberal arts still means you get to draw naked people, right?

 

This thread is truly smh worthy

We have dictionaries for a reason

late 14c., translating L. artes liberales ; the seven attainments directed to intellectual enlargement, not immediate practical purpose, and thus deemed worthy of a free man ( liberal in this sense is opposed to servile or mechanical ). They were divided into the trivium -- grammar, logic, rhetoric -- and the quadrivium -- arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy.

EDIT: or what Jello said.

 

QFT.

 

<--- Proud to be a Conservative studying a Liberal Art.

 

This school looks like it might offer that degree...

 

You get three guesses...

(And just FTR, I'm pretty proud of my Liberal Arts education)

 

Then all is right with the world

 

No, no, no . . . Jello, you silly man. It is impossible for words to change their meaning, and English has always been the real language of all people everywhere. Foreign languages just show up in little clips in thriller shows like "24," to show that the bad guys are talking.

We have already established that there are no "Conservative Arts" because conservatives are not allowed to be professors.

Also, the "arts" part of Liberal Arts most definitely refers to interior decorating and other ways of making things pretty, except for when it means "making things ugly in a way enjoyed by liberals."*

Another important thing to remember is that you can only earn a "Bachelor of Arts" degree if you are an unmarried man. I personally hold a Bachelorette of Arts degree in English Literature, although I would lose this if I were to marry. This is a significant consideration when considering wedlock, a sex change, or updating one's resumé.

Earning a Master of Arts degree means that you get to go up to all the local interior decorators and order them around. This is handy if you need some 70's fake wood paneling stripped out of a sunken den, or if you're just really into using the word "bidding" as a noun in casual conversation.

Becoming a Doctor of Philosophy, Jurisprudence, or Divinity is a somewhat tricky matter. It does allow you to practice medicine upon sick philosophies, jurisprudences, or divinities, but really, how often is that necessary?

I hope I have clarified matters.


* "Liberal" is of course identical to the United States usage of the term. The idea that Canada or the UK might harbor Liberal Democrats who are nothing at all like liberal Democrats is simply madness.

 

Not to mention the Liberal Party of Australia

 

Oh yes, that's right. How silly of me. That's what I get for having A Bachelorette's degree in interior decoration.

 

LOL

 

Ophie, you should go on to get your Mistress's.

 

Good for you. Can we see your proof of citizenship now?

 

Haha, schooled!

 

And then you should continue your education even further to become a Nurse of Philosophy.

 

eh Nurse =/= female Doctor

FAIL

 

What's a female doctor?

-sj loves kevin spacey