Perceptive Quote of the Day

[davidschroth]

" As far as I'm concerned, countries that offer free education to the PhD level are going to be the World Leaders, and it's clear that my country will not be one of them." - don_fitch

Comments

[don-fitch.livejournal.com]

Thank you, David, for citing that. And if I could have figured out a reasonably concise way of phrasing it, I'd have added something about retroactively paying room&board once the degree is achieved. For me, the G.I. Bill and pre-Reagan U.C.situatation covered it all nicely. Did it benefit me, parsonally? Not all that much in any materialistic senses -- I Majored in English, with Minors in anthropology and Oriental languages. I spent my entire working life in the field or Ornamental Horticulture. *shrugf*

But... ummm... I don't think "education" _ought_ to have much to do with materialism. What I learned in University made me, I think, a better person,and a better citizen, for the rest of my life. I can only regret that fewer and fewer Americans now have that benison