MICHAEL MARTINEZ spoke of Re: Ivan Illich to DAN TRIPLETT on 08-10-96
MM> -=> Quoting Dan Triplett to Michael Martinez <=-
MM> DT> But, without the education I could not have my teaching job.
MM>WEll of course not, you're required to have certification of
MM>schooling. But if it wasn't necessaary and we didn't have mandatory
MM>schools, I'll bet you'd still be teaching, and I'll bet you'd be
MM>enjoying it more and you'd be enriching the lives of more kids than
MM>you are now.
MM>I mean, I'm not knocking _teachers_, I'm knocking the system.  The 
MM>entire system is bunk.
Perhaps you don't realize it but when you say the system is bunk you are 
knocking teacher...at least this one.  I happen to think there are many 
good parts to the system we have.  
MM> DT> I think my educational experiences, much like my life 
MM> DT> experiences, have made me a more "well-rounded" person.  There
MM> DT> is far  more value to an education than a mere certificate.
MM>But you're missing the point.  You'd also be well-rounded without the
MM>schooling and educational experience, in a non-schooled society.
MM>You'd be learning from all kinds of teachers who have skills to offer
MM>that are easily accessible and autonomous.
Not necessarily, I wouldn't have studied many of the thing required of 
me to get certified.  I studied many subjects because I had to take 
required courses and along the way developed interests that otherwise I 
never would have developed (most likely).
One thing you say is very true:  It is not necessary to learn everything 
by going to school.  The greatest education anyone can receive is gained 
from life experiences.  I have learned more about teaching by teaching 
than I did while in college.  But college certainly put me on a solid 
foundation and I often refer back to the things I was taught...both as 
an undergraduate and graduate.
Dan
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