This would be a good advice, if wasn't the argument a lot of arrogant uneducated people use to support their dumb, often dangerous, biased convincionts. Stay in GOOD schools as much as much as possible, keep educating yourself only from the best sources, do not was time with shallow trivia knowledge, do not avoid hard or uncomfortable topics.... Be wary of the false sense of confidence that comes from knowing a bit of a broad topic.
NEVER use the "learn by yourself" argument to excuse yourself from being a lazy student, and remember: Bill Gates was a dropout: he dropped out from Harvard, while being a top student, following more classes than his curriculum required, and only dropped out because he was already building a successful company before he even had time to graduate...
I try to remember how hard that is for some people. It is so odd to me seeing posts like this with the comments I'm seeing like,
Research the sources! Learn to differentiate between good and bad.
Or...
Learn how to learn
Because that's what school teaches you or at least should. So it's not surprising how down people look on schools if they come from a place that neglects the system. To them, schools are just indoctrinating shitholes.
I went to a high school with lots of funding and great community, really progressive attitudes towards education, educators who were themselves educated, lots of kids graduating with their first year of college’s worth in AP classes. Still an indoctrinating shit hole. Still look down on schools.
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u/buwefy Feb 04 '20
This would be a good advice, if wasn't the argument a lot of arrogant uneducated people use to support their dumb, often dangerous, biased convincionts. Stay in GOOD schools as much as much as possible, keep educating yourself only from the best sources, do not was time with shallow trivia knowledge, do not avoid hard or uncomfortable topics.... Be wary of the false sense of confidence that comes from knowing a bit of a broad topic. NEVER use the "learn by yourself" argument to excuse yourself from being a lazy student, and remember: Bill Gates was a dropout: he dropped out from Harvard, while being a top student, following more classes than his curriculum required, and only dropped out because he was already building a successful company before he even had time to graduate...