[lit-ideas] Re: The Education of a Swain

It's obvious that anyone's education is their own responsibility. But most of the students aren't there for an education. They just want the paper... 

Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
In a message dated 4/27/2009 9:44:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rpaul@xxxxxxxx writes:
.........In particular, the suuggestion about areas of study centered on a particular issue strikes me as very doable and worthwhile. 

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No. Not 'swine'.

Anyway, isn't issue-centrered what  every responsible student does?
If I enrol in a philosophy programme, I know what my priorities are. I do not need an officer at an uni to tell me. I may need _advice_. But the freer the programme, it has always been understood that it's up to the learner and the learner only to _learn_.
People misjudge academia because they think learners only learn from teachers! In German it's the more confusing, seeing that 'lehrer' _is_ teacher. And cfr. "Wind in the Willows": 

"Learn me to swim, that's what  I like!"

-- i.e. teach me to swim. Dialect.


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