How about dorms that cost nearly $400,000 per unit ? That’s extravagance. Are they really that expensive? At least students are getting some exercise. First, because of all the things to be upset about, climbing walls don’t seem that bad. Students today demand all manner of creature comforts, the thinking goes, forcing colleges to kowtow to their every whim, which is why college is so expensive and academic standards are in decline and the academy in general is a pale shadow of its former, greater self, back when students were students and professors were professors and higher learning happened how and where it was meant to happen, that is, in unheated, dimly-lit buildings constructed entirely of large granite blocks quarried no later than the 16th century.
Kowtow to their every whim install#
People are constantly denouncing their proliferation, or loudly noting that their institution refuses to install one, or otherwise employing them as a symbol of consumerism run amok. The two dirtiest words in higher education these days are “climbing” and “wall.” Seriously, if you spend enough time attending conferences, reading op-eds, etc., you come to realize that climbing walls have somehow come to symbolize all that ails postsecondary education in America today.
Fie upon thee, climbing walls to damnation! We shall not succumb to thy decadent corruptions!
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