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To: cosmicforce who wrote (497482)	8/25/2022 6:01:25 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 542117

The town where I grew up was remarkably stable. It was rather small (pop 2500). Because of these factors I knew those of my age from the time we were in elementary school, Those who did well in school, and those who went on to higher education had some interest in learning from the beginning. They came from the same economic-social background as those who just zoned out for the day (there was little drug use at my school, but some people can just stare at a wall for an hour without any help). Some people planned to work in the fields like their dad did, or marry someone who worked the fields just like mom did and had absolutely no interest in history or math or critical thinking in general. They were great people and good friends, they just had no interest in school. I am still facebook friends with many of these people, 60 years later. The town is no longer stable the way it had been. Suburbs grew from the nearest cities and fields disappeared, and along with that, the agricultural jobs disappeared. The area is dotted with 5 acre hobby-farms and nearly everyone had to adapt to a more urban culture.

To: cosmicforce who wrote (497482)	8/25/2022 10:34:11 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542117

I am not talking about doing anything with education except learning about the world. Building a strong mind. That should be the first objective of education. And people can't know what they are good at if they don't explore the world of ideas. Just like we have learned in the last 100 years that exercise can build a strong body, which we can see, so learning builds a strong mind, which we can't see so easily, but it exists. Each year that passed when I studied, I saw a larger more sophisticated view of the world. In the beginning, which really started in my junior year when discovered the full extent of my ignorance, it sent me on a two year journey of reading everything under the sun for several hours every afternoon. And each new step came as a surprise to me as one cannot know, what they don't know. Day after day I read stuff I didn't understand, but slowly my mind put together a picture I did understand. What happens is that if one keeps learning, they keep seeing new things that were invisible to them heretofore. Knowledge Directed Perception. I also noticed many if not most are not very curious about that hidden world. And the more they see, the better they will succeed in life, in all manner of things from health, wealth and long life. Raw education helps even those who don't like it. What I see all too often and especially among Republicans, is that they don't know, or even have a clue, that there is a larger reality out there just waiting to be discovered. That reality is what all the great writers are writing about. And the difference between liberals and conservatives is that liberals see a larger more accurate reality! <People need to do what they are best at and if that isn't academics - making them do academics is not only ineffective but denies them compensation.