07-30-2022, 12:36 PM
Not to be negative about education because I do believe it's important, I believe it has value and the general education requirements of every degree do provide a base of experiences and exposure to different subjects...But I feel the way education and pedagogy currently functions runs up against the limitations of memory.
Comedian Don Novello has a bit as Fr. Guido Sarducci about the "Five Minute University." In which he proposes he wants to teach you in five minutes, the same amount of knowledge the average college graduate can remember five years after graduation.
My stepkid took one of the same ASU universal learner classes I did maybe two semesters after I took it. So I was sitting in, checking on her and watching her go through the course multiple times. And I was surprised how much I'd forgotten from it. And it was even a subject I found really interesting and a class I really enjoyed. The ones I didn't enjoy like Human Origins ....oof. I remember absolutely nothing at all except that there are a lot of hominid fossils in the Congo region.
But I'm not sure that's 100% on-topic with what you're talking about, but I've thought a lot about the limits of memory. Back to your topic.... When you say learning things as a career - do you mean the process of getting into your work and learning on-the-job? Or do you mean having a career in which your job is to learn things?
Comedian Don Novello has a bit as Fr. Guido Sarducci about the "Five Minute University." In which he proposes he wants to teach you in five minutes, the same amount of knowledge the average college graduate can remember five years after graduation.
My stepkid took one of the same ASU universal learner classes I did maybe two semesters after I took it. So I was sitting in, checking on her and watching her go through the course multiple times. And I was surprised how much I'd forgotten from it. And it was even a subject I found really interesting and a class I really enjoyed. The ones I didn't enjoy like Human Origins ....oof. I remember absolutely nothing at all except that there are a lot of hominid fossils in the Congo region.
But I'm not sure that's 100% on-topic with what you're talking about, but I've thought a lot about the limits of memory. Back to your topic.... When you say learning things as a career - do you mean the process of getting into your work and learning on-the-job? Or do you mean having a career in which your job is to learn things?
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