Reply #79: Point of order, if I may...

[badgerpup]

'Education' doesn't necessarily equal 'attended/graduated from nstitute of higher learning'.

Education IMHO is actually be able to LEARN from your experiences, no matter where they are acquired.
College et al is a way to increase exposure to various schools of thought and disciplines in concentrated form...give an idea what's out there and how everything fits together.



Not everyone is able to benefit from this buffet (so to speak) of knowledge even when given access; it requires discipline and actually being willing to LEARN and experience something that's not yet on your list of "Stuff I've Done/Seen/Thought About/Seriously Considered/Escaped From."

Yes, I do have a particular person in mind. No names mentioned, but she attended FIVE colleges before attaining a degree and her memoir* (which her publisher gushed about her being 'very involved with') will be 'Going Rogue' on the nation's bookshelves soon...

:wtf:
WARNING: Abrupt Subject Veer and :rant:
Good gods. If one is an author and writing a memoir, isn't one supposed to be 'involved' with it?
I mean, isn't the whole point about BEING an author writing the thing in the first place?



*Main Entry: mem·oir
Pronunciation: \ˈmem-ˌwär, -ˌwȯr\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French memoire, from memoire memory, from Latin memoria
Date: 1571
1 : an official note or report : memorandum
2 a : a narrative composed from personal experience b : autobiography —usually used in plural c : biography
3 a : an account of something noteworthy : report b plural : the record of the proceedings of a learned society