tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post6744896830371811321..comments2023-10-19T02:34:26.595-07:00Comments on Team Milton: Eduation and MotivationGideon Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08282494104976426309noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-55136421826121478132013-09-18T08:38:16.168-07:002013-09-18T08:38:16.168-07:00I'm please to see this self-reflection and the...I'm please to see this self-reflection and the critique of education generally (and some good points from you, too, Jake). That is much in the spirit of Milton and I hope to see more of this kind of thinking as the semester progresses.Gideon Burtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08282494104976426309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-47297302048737293392013-09-11T13:37:43.119-07:002013-09-11T13:37:43.119-07:00Sometimes I wonder if higher education is merely o...Sometimes I wonder if higher education is merely our way of preserving the need to sweat in our white-bread world; I'm not sure I'm becoming any more Christlike through extensive education than an impoverished farmer in South America does through extensive labor. True, "whatever light and knowledge we gain here" etc., etc... but what if the knowledge we gain through a University education turns out to be so negligible as to be laughable when we look back from the other side of the veil. At any rate, I expect that the labor of gaining a university education is at least not inferior to manual labor in giving opportunity to imitate God; Jesus embodies both the master surgeon and good shepherd. lionboxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495626815042960443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-81248980282284592452013-09-11T01:59:32.616-07:002013-09-11T01:59:32.616-07:00www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_N7MAr98CI
College is wo...www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_N7MAr98CI<br /><br />College is worth it! Debt aside, it's worth it (the link explains).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293752144111620390noreply@blogger.com