The main theme of "Our English Syllabus" is the idea that we need abroad education to truly be human. Without it we cannot work or relax to the fullest of our abilities. We need both to have a broad education and to go a discover things for ourselves and not be spoon fed by teachers and professors.
If we do not have that broad education then we have no life outside the work that we have been trained to do, essentially mindless drones. We can see it today in our families and in our tv shows. People come home from work and lay down in front of the tv and spend the rest of the afternoon there. The Simpsons satirically show this through the portrayal of Homer. We need to have outside interests beyond work and the information tv feeds us.
We need to go out and discover things for ourselves. Walk through a forest and witness yourself what lives there without first seeing it through a camera lens. There is something more real about discovering something for yourself. You get to look along it and not at it, therefore having a more full understanding of how it works.
So in conclusion get out there, do something! But don't be afraid to listen to others suggestions, just keep an open mind and be willing to discover for yourself. Who knows what wonderful ideas, grown and cultivated in the specific fields of your past, you will find. So, in the most friendly possible manner, take a hike.
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I agree and especially like the last paragraph, because to me it seems that it is not education which makes you "human" but the want to learn.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with you in how you need an education to be fully human. People who don't go to college and get job-specific training are just as human as we are. Less educated people can still enjoy life and develop other interests outside of their jobs. Also, educated people still have problems obsessing over their jobs and TV. I think that living a meaningful life has much more to do with lifestyle choices and time management than the level of education you receive.
ReplyDeleteWell I was trying to make the point that Mitchell understood. That we need the want to learn and explore to be fully human and while we do not need a college education for that, it certainly helps broaden our perspectives. Wouldn't you say?
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