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[at-l] Graduating from School: How Will you UseYourEducationonthe Trail?



> Keep learning, or else you die.

Can I get an "AMEN!"?  No truer words could ever be spoken.  Humans have an
insatiable need to know, to learn, to challenge the status quo.  Without
this, what else is there?

BTW: Correction on the sage answer, that was from hotdog & not Shelly.  (I
just get credit for the Q.)  'Course, I'll take credit for it if he won't.
LOL

Shelly Hale
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Orange Bug" <orangebug74@yahoo.com>
To: "at-l" <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Graduating from School: How Will you
UseYourEducationonthe Trail?


> Shelly answers a good question (Is that a traditional
> education or a self-attained education, Hotdog?) with
> the thrilling and sage answer: "Yes!"
>
> Education isn't something that you leave behind at
> school, at least if you are still growing. Education
> provides the opportunity to provide service to others
> as well as the opportunity for rewards of many sorts.
> It is common to assume that money is the prime
> motivation for education.
>
> Yet, there are those who keep current and expand their
> horizons. Some do this to change careers, others to
> augment their lives. For instance, why would an
> accountant wish to learn how to use a cross cut saw,
> or a psychiatrist attend a seminar on alcohol stove
> technology?
>
> Keep learning, or else you die.
>
> Bill...
>
>
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