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[free_cyprus]

THAT IS THE QUESTION FOR THE FORUM TO DEBATE,

[Filitsa]

Couldn't you come up with something more enticing, or as you'd put it, more "creative"?

How about this: Mark Twain on Education.

What did Twain mean when he said, "I never let schooling get in the way of my education"?

[Get Real!]

WHAT IS REAL EDUCATION??????????

It's learning not to use that many question marks in a row because one will suffice.

[free_cyprus]

Filitsa
you wrote What did Twain mean when he said, "I never let schooling get in the way of my education

he is saying the same thing im saying what do you think he meant by what he said?????????????

[Eliko]

I was schooled in the finest academies
yet dismissed everything I was taught,
for the studious life is so tedious
and the lifetime of man is so short.

If you argue that this may confound you
and that progress may never begin,
just open your eyes, look around you
and observe the sad world we live in.

Eliko

[Filitsa]

Why, the same thing you're saying, of course, free_cyprus (I guess this discussion's over now).

... But I still don't find your example of Thomas Edison to be on point. Thomas Edison is proof that "necessity is the mother of invention, " not necessarily an example of one who's acquired a "real" education. In other words, although not applicable to Edison, one can invent while at the same time be a moron in most other aspects of his personhood, i.e. IQ vs. EQ and all that other stuff.

[free_cyprus]

Eliko
I was schooled in the finest academies
yet dismissed everything I was taught,
for the studious life is so tedious
and the lifetime of man is so short.

If you argue that this may confound you
and that progress may never begin

there is your answer if you understand it that is and the answer is to be found in these words right here

If you argue that this may confound you
and that progress may never begin

[free_cyprus]

Filitsa
you have no idea what the hell im talking about when i speak of education. edison like somany other visionaries understood what real education is, something you dont understand by what you are saying. im talking about completely difrent thing to what your talking about and your sooo far of the mark i would say you ended up in wilderness

[Filitsa]

I was schooled in the finest academies
yet dismissed everything I was taught,
for the studious life is so tedious
and the lifetime of man is so short.

If you argue that this may confound you
and that progress may never begin,
just open your eyes, look around you
and observe the sad world we live in.

Eliko

Promise you didn't plagiarize?

[Get Real!]

In other words, although not applicable to Edison, one can invent while at the same time be a moron in most other aspects of his personhood, i.e. IQ vs. EQ and all that other stuff.

If that's the Extraterrestrial Quotient you're on about free_cyprus has plenty of that...