knowledge or a degree
Jan. 31st, 2009 05:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauradi7dwI was dreading trying to write papers analyzing literature for the English course, but the assignment due next week is even worse - it's supposed to be a persuasive essay (that's a regular category, not something he made up). We must "select a rhetorical preference for either an education or a degree, and defend your choice." Later on, the dichotomy is phrased as credentials vs knowledge. I'm finding the whole thing pretty stupid, really, but I guess it's supposed to be good to pick a position and pretend there is no compromise available. Wait - isn't that one of my usual character flaws? Maybe this should be easy.
It seems to me that the knowledge without a set of prescribed courses option is a lot like the
unschooling concept, so I looked up a few books about it. I was taken aback to see that one can buy "Homeschooling for Dummies." I wonder whether irony is one of the things one can learn at home.
On the other hand, the blurb for "The Unschooling Handbook" includes the phrase "the knowledge they gain through mindful living..." I was a kid once, and I don't think mindful living was what I was doing.
It seems to me that the knowledge without a set of prescribed courses option is a lot like the
unschooling concept, so I looked up a few books about it. I was taken aback to see that one can buy "Homeschooling for Dummies." I wonder whether irony is one of the things one can learn at home.
On the other hand, the blurb for "The Unschooling Handbook" includes the phrase "the knowledge they gain through mindful living..." I was a kid once, and I don't think mindful living was what I was doing.
