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By Fledermaus
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17 September 2007 |
Another haiku. Actually wanted to do a non-fiction piece, but that didn't work. Gosh, am I going to miss being a student...
Forever learning
Always gathering knowledge
That is paradise |
Eternal student
Written by Josie (2785 comments posted) 17th September 2007 | | I think it's good to be an eternal student Fledermaus. When you stop learning you can tell yourself that you really are dead. The more you study, the less you seem to know. |
Written by Fledermaus (3281 comments posted) 17th September 2007 | Thanks Josie.
I supose my problem is I'm addicted to student life and universities  I don't want to grow up. If they have an uni in Neverland, I'll begin to believe in Peter Pan right now  |
Written by Phil (6713 comments posted) 17th September 2007 | Every day's a school day. And I don't mean just for the likes of me.
I know more now than I ever thought there was to know. I also know that I know virtually nothing in the greater scheme of things. Josie's right, the more you discover, the more you realise you need to know and that actually you don't know very much at all.
Does Donald Rumsfelt (sp?) come to mind?
What I'm trying to say is: formal education is a wonderful thing, but life and experience continue to reveal more knowledge, truth and questions (particularly questions) than could ever be contemplated in a classroom.
Phil |
Written by Monkeymox (16 comments posted) 17th September 2007 | What phil said reminds me of something Terry Pratchett points out. In one of his books he mentions that the walls of the unseen university are themselves filled with knowlage; after all, students go in believing they know everything and leave realising they know nothing at all, so presumably the knowlage goes somewhere!!!
I know that was completeley irrelevant but hey!
Its a good haiku, and it basically says it all! |
Written by andybyers (171 comments posted) 18th September 2007 | Segue to the next phase:
Forever working
Always gathering paycheques
That is subsistence
| Life long learning
Written by Talisker (1326 comments posted) 18th September 2007 | Dear Batty
That's how our government put it in the UK. Why stop?
I'm 41 and I'm starting a new degree course next Monday.
Night classes, distance learning/correspondence courses, online learning, reading, the university of life...it never stops, thank providence.
Oli  |
Written by Fledermaus (3281 comments posted) 20th September 2007 | Wow, thanks everyone.
Of course you're all right. Life is all learning. Yet somehow book-knowledge seems... safer |
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