Comments on: The value of education http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/09/the-value-of-education/ helping people break out of pigeonholes since 2003 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:15:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hypertext Weekly #2 « Heavy Mental http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/09/the-value-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-765 Hypertext Weekly #2 « Heavy Mental Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:52:33 +0000 http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/09/the-value-of-education/#comment-765 [...] such A-lister as Adriana Lukas is quite uncomfortable with this when referring to Paul’s essay [...] [...] such A-lister as Adriana Lukas is quite uncomfortable with this when referring to Paul’s essay [...]

]]> By: Alan Rabinowitz http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/09/the-value-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Alan Rabinowitz Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:51:16 +0000 http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/09/the-value-of-education/#comment-748 Reading from September 17 back, I couldn't help but think of Bill Gates. He got into the right school, but he didn't stay long, and he has not only survived the marketplace, but it seems he also now controls it. There is no substitute for hard work. Reading from September 17 back, I couldn’t help but think of Bill Gates. He got into the right school, but he didn’t stay long, and he has not only survived the marketplace, but it seems he also now controls it.

There is no substitute for hard work.

]]> By: “I only ask because I want to know”. A 5p bottle of State-champagne-substitute (or 4 grillion State alcohol-free-drink-coupons) to the first bolrgreplier who correctly identifies and places my title-quote. « The Libertarian Alliance: BLO http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/09/the-value-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-740 “I only ask because I want to know”. A 5p bottle of State-champagne-substitute (or 4 grillion State alcohol-free-drink-coupons) to the first bolrgreplier who correctly identifies and places my title-quote. « The Libertarian Alliance: BLO Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:56:10 +0000 http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/09/the-value-of-education/#comment-740 [...] Have you ever had people look at you with a “Please stop inquiring” panic in their eyes while their mouths tell you that you are asking irrelevant or silly questions about something? Join the club. This is a good thing: [...] [...] Have you ever had people look at you with a “Please stop inquiring” panic in their eyes while their mouths tell you that you are asking irrelevant or silly questions about something? Join the club. This is a good thing: [...]

]]> By: Jackie Danicki » Inquiring minds want to know http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/09/the-value-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Jackie Danicki » Inquiring minds want to know Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:57:56 +0000 http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/09/the-value-of-education/#comment-727 [...] tell you that you are asking irrelevant or silly questions about something? Join the club. This is a good thing: [T]he most important [thing I learnt at Oxford] was the ability to ask ’stupid’ questions, as [...] [...] tell you that you are asking irrelevant or silly questions about something? Join the club. This is a good thing: [T]he most important [thing I learnt at Oxford] was the ability to ask ’stupid’ questions, as [...]

]]> By: Alice Bachini-Smith http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/09/the-value-of-education/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Alice Bachini-Smith Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:28:29 +0000 http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/09/the-value-of-education/#comment-726 With the internet's capability of teaching critical and thinking skills, universities are surely only needed to point to/ provide informational knowledge unavailable online- I don't see how this can last economically once people realise that 3 or 4 of their most active years *and* many thousands of dollars are providing so little value. I also think it's going to be very exciting to see what young people come up with when they reject college- they will still want to network with other young people, share educational experiences, learn the culture *and* learn about business- not just work work work. They will be doing all this online and in person. With the internet’s capability of teaching critical and thinking skills, universities are surely only needed to point to/ provide informational knowledge unavailable online- I don’t see how this can last economically once people realise that 3 or 4 of their most active years *and* many thousands of dollars are providing so little value.

I also think it’s going to be very exciting to see what young people come up with when they reject college- they will still want to network with other young people, share educational experiences, learn the culture *and* learn about business- not just work work work. They will be doing all this online and in person.

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