Wren,
I appreciate your enthusiasm about life. However, I question does there have to be one or the other? Why can't I have life and formal education? I wince when you say "no need for formal education" that is just a statement that makes the undereducated feel better. You can be curious, wondering, searching and formally educated. I feel any type of education is better then no education....my great-grandfather (who lived to 96) once told me "the day I stop learning something new, shall be the day of my last breath." He was a very smart man (even with out college) but he always taught the family to learn things both in and out of school rooms. I think that is good advice.
Painfull
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Originally Posted by sunnysidedown
Wren,
Education happens more in life than in any classroom. We learn from being curious, wondering, searching - no need for formal education. (sh.. - must remember not to put that on my teaching resume! - or hell maybe I should - it's true!) Never equate education with intelligence - just not the same thing!
TC,
I would never consider myself a poet - actually dreaded poetry in school. There were patterns to use, rhymes, etc. I hated it! I like reading poetry periodically. I like writing about stuff but am highly critical of myself so it is hard to share. But I will accept the complement coming from someone who writes so well.
Alffe,
Ty - I don't think TC has anything to wrorry about. Ty for the poem.
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