Shadowbird
Where'd That 6th Toe Come From?
Did he? Well, OK, at that time I don't think any kids went to school. But as I recall from the Bible, he did spend a lot of time alone. His teachings are still followed by majority of the people, after thousands of years.
Neither did Buddha. He created Buddhism after spending many years in solitude (in a forest, IIRC). He created another one of the largest-followed teachings of even today. Also quite some time.
Albert Einstein: In elementary school, Albert was such an under achiever in all subjects other than math and science that his parents suspected that he might be retarded. As it turned out, Albert preferred to learn on his own and had taught himself advanced mathematics and science by the time he was a teenager.
Thomas Alva Edison: When he was born in 1847, in Milan, Ohio, his brothers and sisters were much older than him; so Edison basically grew up by himself. Edison was a very curious child, a trait that often got him into trouble. At age five, he almost suffocated when he tumbled into a grain silo. Once he accidentally burned down his family's barn (fortunately, the animals were all out already). Edison's constant questions annoyed his teachers. Edison's mother, who had been a schoolteacher, took Edison out of school to home-school him herself. Fortunately for Edison, his mother let him study subjects he was interested in. She allowed him to create his own experiments, read a lot, and avoid subjects like math.
The point of all this? A thought that has been sitting in my mind for quite some time now: Civilized society insists that any "upstanding member" of it must have at least some kind of education, your grades and diplomas are the measure of your inelligence, without a university degree you can't officially get anywhere. There is a detailed education system, which is considered "right" (of course flaws are everywhere, but in general it is) and that everyone should learn by following it.
This also includes the "duty" of socialization - most parents are annoyed by kids who don't play with other kids but spend time reading or just strolling around, and a school is, as considered by most people, also the school of socialization and fitting in the society.
Anyone "deprived" of this duty is considered unlucky and unjustly treated, anyone not able to learn the way the education system dictates (can't keep up with others) is considered retard, and anyone intentionally avoiding this is considered reckless, stupid and future criminal.
Yet the gratest minds, as admitted by this very system, did not have any 'education' in the civilized sense of the word, or were very bad at it, and came up with ideas that made them known for centuries and thousands of years to come.
Even outside the education system, anyone who's a loner and doesn't "go out with girls" or "have a drink with friends" regulary is also mostly considered retard or just lame - the beforementioned great people were also loners and did things their own way.
Your thoughts?
P.S. The guy who built the coral castle also had only 4 grades of education and was a loner.
Neither did Buddha. He created Buddhism after spending many years in solitude (in a forest, IIRC). He created another one of the largest-followed teachings of even today. Also quite some time.
Albert Einstein: In elementary school, Albert was such an under achiever in all subjects other than math and science that his parents suspected that he might be retarded. As it turned out, Albert preferred to learn on his own and had taught himself advanced mathematics and science by the time he was a teenager.
Thomas Alva Edison: When he was born in 1847, in Milan, Ohio, his brothers and sisters were much older than him; so Edison basically grew up by himself. Edison was a very curious child, a trait that often got him into trouble. At age five, he almost suffocated when he tumbled into a grain silo. Once he accidentally burned down his family's barn (fortunately, the animals were all out already). Edison's constant questions annoyed his teachers. Edison's mother, who had been a schoolteacher, took Edison out of school to home-school him herself. Fortunately for Edison, his mother let him study subjects he was interested in. She allowed him to create his own experiments, read a lot, and avoid subjects like math.
The point of all this? A thought that has been sitting in my mind for quite some time now: Civilized society insists that any "upstanding member" of it must have at least some kind of education, your grades and diplomas are the measure of your inelligence, without a university degree you can't officially get anywhere. There is a detailed education system, which is considered "right" (of course flaws are everywhere, but in general it is) and that everyone should learn by following it.
This also includes the "duty" of socialization - most parents are annoyed by kids who don't play with other kids but spend time reading or just strolling around, and a school is, as considered by most people, also the school of socialization and fitting in the society.
Anyone "deprived" of this duty is considered unlucky and unjustly treated, anyone not able to learn the way the education system dictates (can't keep up with others) is considered retard, and anyone intentionally avoiding this is considered reckless, stupid and future criminal.
Yet the gratest minds, as admitted by this very system, did not have any 'education' in the civilized sense of the word, or were very bad at it, and came up with ideas that made them known for centuries and thousands of years to come.
Even outside the education system, anyone who's a loner and doesn't "go out with girls" or "have a drink with friends" regulary is also mostly considered retard or just lame - the beforementioned great people were also loners and did things their own way.
Your thoughts?
P.S. The guy who built the coral castle also had only 4 grades of education and was a loner.
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