You know, as a returning student I really feel that I'm getting a lot
out of school that I never got in my youth. It seems like almost every
day I learn something useful and I take care in my work like I never
did in my youth. When an honors frat sent me an invitation to join last
year it was actually a shock. I guess I knew that I was getting good
grades, but somehow it hadn't sunk in that I wasn't still the
ne'er-do-well brat who used to sneak by with C's. This time, though, it
isn't about appeasing the faculty or my parents. If I do poorly now
it's just me proving that I was right to drop out and get a job 20
years ago. It's great to be taking classes with a purpose, too. My
instructors are all really supportive. When I started shooting these
little Super-8 films last year the head of the film department gave me
about 30 rolls of Super-8 that had been sitting around the school since
they switched from Super-8 to Mini-DV in their production classes.
People are always coming up with adapters and splicing blocks and stuff
for me. I get access to gear that nobody else gets to use and it's all
because I'm motivated this time out and it makes people want to help
me. Going back to school has been about the most positive experience
I've ever had.
So yeah, I can see what you're saying, but I think the formal education
can be more than just a starting point depending on where you are
emotionally and intellectually when you get it.
-Rob
On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 03:35 PM, James N. McBride wrote:
People don't really get an education in school. They may learn to
learn.
Someone a long time ago equated level of knowledge to the sphere of
light
produced by a lantern in the dark. If you get a bigger lantern you see
a
bigger sphere of light....or you see a the inside of a larger sphere of
darkness. The more you learn, the more you realize how much more there
is to
learn that you don't already know. The formal education is just the
beginning. /jim
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