Comments on: Education: A Cul-de-Sac? http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/ Let your true colors shine through Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:12:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Derrick Kwa http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Derrick Kwa Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:05:00 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/#comment-138 Hi Joanna,<br/><br/>Thanks. Yep. It's working out so far, but the real test would be when I go out to get a job, I guess. But it's been a great journey for me. =). Hope things are working out well for your son as well.<br/><br/>Derrick Hi Joanna,

Thanks. Yep. It’s working out so far, but the real test would be when I go out to get a job, I guess. But it’s been a great journey for me. =). Hope things are working out well for your son as well.

Derrick

]]> By: Derrick Kwa http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/comment-page-1/#comment-72060 Derrick Kwa Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:05:00 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/#comment-72060 Hi Joanna,<br></br><br>Thanks. Yep. It's working out so far, but the real test would be when I go out to get a job, I guess. But it's been a great journey for me. =). Hope things are working out well for your son as well.</br><br></br><br>Derrick</br> Hi Joanna,

Thanks. Yep. It's working out so far, but the real test would be when I go out to get a job, I guess. But it's been a great journey for me. =). Hope things are working out well for your son as well.

Derrick

]]> By: Joanna http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/comment-page-1/#comment-137 Joanna Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:58:00 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/#comment-137 Derrick, this is a thoughtful and challenging post, thank you. You remind me a lot of my son (who's 20) who struggles a lot with the formal education system and I think often feels like he's in a cul de sac. He tries to learn a lot off his own bat and I guess that gives him some of the intellectual freedom you're pursuing on your own now. It's a brave step though, and I applaud you for it - and hope things work out for you.<br/><br/>Joanna Derrick, this is a thoughtful and challenging post, thank you. You remind me a lot of my son (who’s 20) who struggles a lot with the formal education system and I think often feels like he’s in a cul de sac. He tries to learn a lot off his own bat and I guess that gives him some of the intellectual freedom you’re pursuing on your own now. It’s a brave step though, and I applaud you for it – and hope things work out for you.

Joanna

]]> By: Joanna http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/comment-page-1/#comment-72059 Joanna Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:58:00 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/#comment-72059 Derrick, this is a thoughtful and challenging post, thank you. You remind me a lot of my son (who's 20) who struggles a lot with the formal education system and I think often feels like he's in a cul de sac. He tries to learn a lot off his own bat and I guess that gives him some of the intellectual freedom you're pursuing on your own now. It's a brave step though, and I applaud you for it - and hope things work out for you.<br></br><br>Joanna</br> Derrick, this is a thoughtful and challenging post, thank you. You remind me a lot of my son (who's 20) who struggles a lot with the formal education system and I think often feels like he's in a cul de sac. He tries to learn a lot off his own bat and I guess that gives him some of the intellectual freedom you're pursuing on your own now. It's a brave step though, and I applaud you for it – and hope things work out for you.

Joanna

]]> By: Derrick Kwa http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Derrick Kwa Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:58:00 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/#comment-8 Thanks for the comment, Sarah.<br/><br/>I'll check out the book that you mentioned. Haven't really heard that term before, but the concept sounds good (and sounds like something I would agree with). Thanks for the comment, Sarah.

I’ll check out the book that you mentioned. Haven’t really heard that term before, but the concept sounds good (and sounds like something I would agree with).

]]> By: Derrick Kwa http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/comment-page-1/#comment-72058 Derrick Kwa Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:58:00 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/#comment-72058 Thanks for the comment, Sarah.<br></br><br>I'll check out the book that you mentioned. Haven't really heard that term before, but the concept sounds good (and sounds like something I would agree with).</br> Thanks for the comment, Sarah.

I'll check out the book that you mentioned. Haven't really heard that term before, but the concept sounds good (and sounds like something I would agree with).

]]> By: Sarah http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Sarah Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:36:00 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/#comment-7 Derrick,<br/><br/>I totally agree with everything you've said about formal education. It's a great way to create a foundation of knowledge, but it gets to a point where you're only learning the things you're going to be tested on, and absorbing very little that will have any value in whatever you choose to do with your life.<br/><br/>I've been doing a lot of reading lately about Informal Learning - the concept that we learn better by picking up the knowledge we need as we go, rather than sitting in a formal class or training seminar and having what we're "supposed" to know drilled into us. Jay Cross has a great book about it (called <i>Informal Learning</i>) that you might want to check out.<br/><br/>Good luck with your informal education - it sounds like it's serving you well! =) Derrick,

I totally agree with everything you’ve said about formal education. It’s a great way to create a foundation of knowledge, but it gets to a point where you’re only learning the things you’re going to be tested on, and absorbing very little that will have any value in whatever you choose to do with your life.

I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately about Informal Learning – the concept that we learn better by picking up the knowledge we need as we go, rather than sitting in a formal class or training seminar and having what we’re “supposed” to know drilled into us. Jay Cross has a great book about it (called Informal Learning) that you might want to check out.

Good luck with your informal education – it sounds like it’s serving you well! =)

]]> By: Sarah http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/comment-page-1/#comment-72057 Sarah Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:36:00 +0000 http://derrickkwa.com/archives/education-a-cul-de-sac/#comment-72057 Derrick,<br></br><br>I totally agree with everything you've said about formal education. It's a great way to create a foundation of knowledge, but it gets to a point where you're only learning the things you're going to be tested on, and absorbing very little that will have any value in whatever you choose to do with your life.</br><br></br><br>I've been doing a lot of reading lately about Informal Learning - the concept that we learn better by picking up the knowledge we need as we go, rather than sitting in a formal class or training seminar and having what we're "supposed" to know drilled into us. Jay Cross has a great book about it (called <i>Informal Learning</i>) that you might want to check out.</br><br></br><br>Good luck with your informal education - it sounds like it's serving you well! =)</br> Derrick,

I totally agree with everything you've said about formal education. It's a great way to create a foundation of knowledge, but it gets to a point where you're only learning the things you're going to be tested on, and absorbing very little that will have any value in whatever you choose to do with your life.

I've been doing a lot of reading lately about Informal Learning – the concept that we learn better by picking up the knowledge we need as we go, rather than sitting in a formal class or training seminar and having what we're “supposed” to know drilled into us. Jay Cross has a great book about it (called Informal Learning) that you might want to check out.

Good luck with your informal education – it sounds like it's serving you well! =)

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