I read with enormous interest, and resonance, but could it all be
shorter, less wordy, more succinct? I sense that everyone is a speed
reader or spends MUCH more time reading the postings than I can afford
jo*
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 04:38:00 GMT "Tom Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>>>To a degree, we are learning how to ask questions deemed
>>unacceptable and
>>unthinkable by a "good" education.
>>Am I on or off the mark here, Tom?
>>
>>Seth
>
>
>If I understand your "to a degree" and the use of quotations around
>'good',I
>think you are spot-on the mark, Seth. But I am neither the arbiter of
>such
>things nor more than another poster with an opinion. IMHO, we are here
>to
>speak truth, color outside the lines, offer outrageous opinions and
>learn by
>listening with an open mind to others.
>
>I am reminded of the old entrance page to Daniel Quinn's Ishmael
>website:
>"Forget everything you ever learned, it's all a lie." Certainly a
>"good"
>education has imbedded in its core the seductive whispers of Mother
>Culture
>lulling us back into somnambulance. It is clear that what we learn in
>school
>starts by ignoring the wisdom and the lessons of the first 2 million
>years
>of human experience. These experiences are almost lost to us.
>
>And yes, it does seem -- doesn't it? -- that it is unacceptable and
>unthinkable to point out the abyss yawning at our feet.
>
>thanks, Seth
>
>Tom
>
>"Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your
>throat."
>--Martin H. Fischer
>
>
>
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