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If there is no discernible order in reality, or at least none that can
be known, then there can be no order in learning other than
the order imposed by power for purposes other than the love
of wisdom-to get a job, to raise consciousness, to advance the
cause of social justice, etc. But what happens most often is that
the material students are presented with is just a maelstrom of
randomly collected subject matter, which, as Schall remarks,
presents serious pedagogical challenges: "Much of our difficulty
in provoking students to learn, I think, arises precisely from the
sense of loathing and confusion that naturally arises when they
are confronted, as they usually are, with a mass of unrelated
material" (Unseriousness, 23). The contemporary situation universities find themselves in has the effect of reducing what is taught
there to trivia. If the curriculum itself does not present a case for
its content and structure, then students will not care about it. The
question, or similar questions, about "How will this help me get
into medical school?" is always ready to hand. But the curriculum
will not be able to make such a case if the university, as an institution, does not affirm that it is a good thing to seek knowledge
about the order of reality, which itself must include at least the
suspicion that there is an order to reality. "If our philosophic presuppositions, in effect, allow no answers to any questions," Schall
emphasizes, "we cannot have a university, only a debating society
that allows no verdict" (Docilitas, 41).
The university itself, Schall thinks, ought to be a place of contemplation. Concerns about the world that surrounds students
ought to be put on hold during this privileged time. Truth does
not follow fashion, and real learning can take place only in a setting undisturbed by the urgency of practical action. Paradoxically, however, that lack of concern for practical effectiveness can
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