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[eldrad]

I had a talk with a friend over dinner today during which he told me I had changed his view on education through our talks a couple years ago. In particular I'd given him an appreciation for education. In my mind education is not the means to some end, but rather a goal in and of itself. I take classes and do work nearly entirely for the enjoyment

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[mylarobin]

awesome :)

[skolem_hull]

This makes a lot of sense, but I want to want out that there's some middle ground between your view ("I take classes and do work nearly entirely for the enjoyment of learning...I will also completely drag my heels on assignments which I find (personally or generally) pedagogically fruitless") and "view of education as a means to increased money