Re: MD MoQ platypuses

From: David MOREY (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sun Sep 28 2003 - 20:25:44 BST

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    David

    The pursuit of interest seems very important to me too.
    I have done a number of courses with the majority
    having no real interest whatsoever, only pursuing
    social status.

    regards
    DM

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    > Hi David,
    >
    > DM: "The more I think about education and what it does the more depressed
    I feel."
    >
    > Andy: This is the exact feeling I am getting from reading Gatto. I feel
    like I
    > have wasted a lot of time in educational institutions. Luckily, I spent
    the
    > majority of my graduate education, going through the motions in class and
    > courses, while spending the majority of my time with the resources
    (library,
    > journals, etc.) and exploring my own interests.
    >
    > DM: "A good couple of terms on Nietzsche would do everyone good."
    >
    > Andy: I think so. I mean reading Nietzsche does me good. But Gatto's
    point,
    > and I think I agree, is that every individual should be encouraged to
    explore
    > whatever inspires them the most. Self-reliance, individaul freedom and
    autonomy
    > are his mantras. If this leads an individual to philosophy then fine, but
    if it
    > leads to boat-building then this should also be encouraged. Not that they
    are
    > mutually exclusive.
    >
    > Andy
    >
    > The hoary chestnut of the individual as the metaphorical atom in social
    physics
    > is so hopelessly out of date that only the sorry state of science
    education in
    > elementary and secondary schools might help explain its dogged
    persistence.
    > Philip Mirowski
    >
    >
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