School is not education. Education is not school.

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13 Dec 2011, 5:39 pm

Dedalus wrote:
Oh, I agree absolutely. It seems to me a very destructive system. College is worth it; although in recent years - in Ireland anyway - it's being made more like school, which is obviously a market-based move. This is bad.

I was very into the idea of changing the system as a teenager - I used to get books on it. It might be something I come back to if my career brings me there.


Don't wait. Do it now. I'm currently having many Socratic conversations with philosophers around the world. I'd love to get your point of view. We need many many more points of view. And the people discussing are not all philosophers. They welcome anybody. Please join us. :)

Read a bit of the introduction of each link, and then at the bottom you can join the mailing lists.

How to create knowledge
http://curi.us/1541-how-to-create-knowledge

TCS - Taking Children Seriously
http://curi.us/1540-taking-children-seriously

ARR - Autonomy Respecting Relationships
http://curi.us/1539-autonomy-respecting-relationships