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College != Education. Travel can be education. So can reading. In fact we should always be learning something new. You don't need a university for that.
by run4yourlives 14y ago
College != Education.
Travel can be education. So can reading. In fact we should always be learning something new. You don't need a university for that.
- roc 14y agoSure. I agree with that general notion. I'm just of the mind that many more people will get an education in a directed experience than in a self-taught manner. It's rather like the famous anecdote of the would-be musician who asks a famous self-taught master how they should approach becoming a musician. Paraphrasing: Aspirant: "How do I go about becoming a great musician?" Master: "Go to school." Aspirant: "But you never went to school." Master: "I never had to ask anyone 'how', either". Which is to say: those who are capable and willing to do self-directed learning will do so regardless. For anyone who seeks/takes advice on how to proceed "go to college" remains the best answer.
- therandomguy 14y agoEducation is not enough. It needs to be converted into "knowledge that can be applied". That is the part that college handles. I would much rather go to a surgeon that has gone to college/univ over someone who has read all about surgery on wikipedia during his travels to Thailand.
- sjg007 14y agoThe surgeon is actually is an apprentice under the guide of a more senior doctor. Access to the master requires enrollment in medical school and then a residency. It is not book learning per se.