90% of what I’ve learned hasn’t been in a classroom, since I’ve been out for decades, since before the internet was a thing.
As for why formal education isn’t free… Are you suggesting I stand in front of a group of people and teach a subject in which I’m an expert just because I should want to? I gotta eat too, you know, and my expertise didn’t come from just standing around, but many hours of effort, including giving up social time, hanging out with family and friends, to become an expert.
Today you can learn nearly anything online or a library.
The Teaching Company has university lectures on DVD, available in your local library. I’ve watched a few, and learned tons. I’m talking 300-level courses from schools like Columbia and Harvard, courses that are 40 hours of lecture or more.
History, Religion, Physics, Math, Astronomy, Music, Arts, etc, etc.
90% of what I’ve learned hasn’t been in a classroom, since I’ve been out for decades, since before the internet was a thing.
As for why formal education isn’t free… Are you suggesting I stand in front of a group of people and teach a subject in which I’m an expert just because I should want to? I gotta eat too, you know, and my expertise didn’t come from just standing around, but many hours of effort, including giving up social time, hanging out with family and friends, to become an expert.
Today you can learn nearly anything online or a library.
The Teaching Company has university lectures on DVD, available in your local library. I’ve watched a few, and learned tons. I’m talking 300-level courses from schools like Columbia and Harvard, courses that are 40 hours of lecture or more.
History, Religion, Physics, Math, Astronomy, Music, Arts, etc, etc.
I’m asking why the financial burden of education is placed on the uneducated.