pursuing humanistic learning throughout one's life rather than as an undergraduate focus.
― Treeship
iirc u either get a degree or u gain credit by sharing the correct blogs on message boards
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Sunday, 14 August 2016 01:14 (seven years ago) link
not blogs, anecdotes
― Treeship, Sunday, 14 August 2016 01:23 (seven years ago) link
With 50 year working lives approaching soon, it wont be an issue of either/or (life-learning vs undergrad).
An undergraduate degree, or masters, in your early 20s isn't going to last 40 to 45 years, so you can get to have at least one more go at it, if not two. You might need to choose which student debts you want to pass on to your heirs.
― Half-baked profundities. Self-referential smirkiness (Bob Six), Sunday, 14 August 2016 09:26 (seven years ago) link
Meet the parents who won’t let their children study literature
https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/09/02/meet-the-parents-who-wont-let-their-children-study-literature/?hpid=hp_regional-hp-cards_rhp-card-posteverything%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.f5ebc1131368
― some people call me Maurice Chevalier (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 2 September 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
"at George Mason University"
stopped reading there
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 2 September 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
But seriously you should look at GMU's list of the world-changing titans who studied English! I mean, Howard Cosell, Tom Clancy, Emma Watson, Clarence Thomas, AND Mark Knopfler!
Who would not wish to be among such company as they begin their career journey. I mean, the list even includes a former EPA head and numerous prominent librarians.
― some people call me Maurice Chevalier (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 2 September 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link