Universities that only or heavily focus their teaching style on critical theory really rob kids of an opportunity to do well in the real world. Using a critical eye to see the insidious parts of the system (ex:critical takes on counterinsurgency or programs that hurt poor etc)

Is an indispensable part of learning but how can it be everything? Students also need positivist research skills and pragmatic training (problem solving theory is generally outside the purview of critical theory bc it’s not ‘radical’/tries to reform rather than tear down)

If you’re in uni, stay alert for critical theory in the dogmatic way it’s taught but take from it it’s useful essence: addressing the way injustice is naturalized in the world. But also actively seek out problem-solving approaches to looking at the world, gather skills-

Because otherwise you leave uni only being able to point out everything wrong with the world-

(and some of it is completely moronic like no, not every normal thing is evil, and not every ‘evil’ today finds its roots in Western colonialism -smh at theories that go heterosexual normativity is a colonial construct lol oooomg)

But no real skills besides screaming out for a revolution that will never get its feet off the ground while ur peers who went to trade school are acc making a difference as social workers, fixing cars and houses, creating technology, helping the sick, teaching, etc.

In sum, besides the load of garbage it brings with it which I discard, I find some of critical theory v useful when it comes to addressing structures that disproportionately harm weak ppl. But it’s ultimately useless if equal importance isn’t placed on pragmatic learning.