My engineering school emphased lifetime learning due to the rate of change.
The goal was to provide the skills required to read, question and
communicate technically in a particular field.


On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Douglas Pauls <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:

> Good observation.  One of my instructors in college once said "College
> only teaches you about 25% of what you need to know.  It gives you the
> tools to understand what you will be taught in the workplace".  I have
> found this to be very true.
>
> Doug Pauls
>
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> From:   Louis Hart <[log in to unmask]>
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> Date:   08/15/2013 08:40 AM
> Subject:        Re: [TN] NTC again [TN] Refreshment (NTC rant continues)
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> Bev et al, a few weeks ago, I heard an interesting observation about
> education and its value on the radio. The speaker said education provides
> knowledge, and knowledge reduces fear. Living with minimal fear is a
> valuable behavior. Thus, anthropology and Spanish have practical value,
> not easily quantified.
>
> I studied physics at a liberal arts college. One of the physics profs
> there made a comment I have never forgotten: The only students who are
> getting a real liberal education are the science students. Now I would
> expand upon his statement: The most useful path in education to follow is
> one in science, preferably physical science.   Louis Hart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bev Christian
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> Subject: Re: [TN] Refreshment (NTC rant continues)
>
> And yet another addition.
>
> The oldest is a former paratrooper who I then helped put through fire
> fighter's school, now studying for captain while an active city
> firefighter and pulling in a good salary.  The oldest daughter with a BA
> in sociology and anthropology is living in a camper van and working as a
> farm hand while the younger daughter with a BA in international
> development and Spanish has been teaching English in Mexico but not
> getting enough hours to make ends meet and is now coming home to live with
> us for a max of six months while she tries to get her act together.  I
> wish the girls had taken something practical, but you can't really tell
> teenagers/young adults much. It is hard watching them learn the hard way.
>
> Bev
>
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