On Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:58:28 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:32:04 -0400, H the K
wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:33:08 -0400, H the K
wrote:

Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

I've always been of the opinion that "education" is really curiosity
and that formal education is merely a process by which information is
presented in ways that provide some order to the process and is not
essential for one to be "educated". Some of the smartest people I've
ever dealt with have high school educations, but are well and widely
read, have sound knowledge of basic mathematics (arithmetic, geometry
and trigonometry) and an insatiable curiosity about the world the
surrounds them and what goes on in it.

A good formal education is an indicator for many of intellectual
curiosity. It is much more than "merely a process."

While no one can deny the intellectual and worldly success of the
self-taught in many fields, the fact is that a college degree is at the
very least a rough indicator that its "owner" had enough self-discipline
to stick with a course of study, and satisfy the intellectual
requirements and standards for graduation.

At its best, a good formal liberal arts education forces you to think
way outside the box, and exposes you to ideas and people whose
backgrounds and thoughts are very different from yours.

Bull****. There has emerged a culture within the academic system in
which only one set of liberal or progressive ideas is believed and
discussed.

mindless rancor removed

A black man in the White House is meaningless to a guy who won a court
case to adopt a homeless state orphan who was black. A black Marine's
blood runs in my veins and saved my life.

Injured in combat? (I understand if you care not to respond.)

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