Further Education

or “why I am not an elitist bigot”.

In case you thought my previous post meant I thought a high-level education was something that should be reserved only for the academic elite, I thought I should explain my position a bit more fully.

I think I have mentioned this talk before but I have brought it up again because it says everything you need to know about my opinions on education: particularly the bit at 9.30. It’s funny too

It isn’t that I believe there are some people who do not have the smarts for university (as VibratingSky said in answer to yesterday’s post, everyone can get there, it’s just it might take some people a bit longer), rather, there are many people for whom a university education is the wrong pathway.

The best teams are made up from the most diverse groups of people*. The whole of our society is really just one big team, complete with all the cliques, politics and maneuvering on a grand scale. Our diversity is our strength and funneling 50% of the population into the education route set up to produce university professors is to doom many of our brightest stars to failure and to limit our creative potential as a species.

*We like to be with people like ourselves, so they are also the hardest to get to function, but when they do, they are magnificent.

P.S. They idea of all those talented, creative wonderful children being “treated” with class A drugs to make them docile and compliant makes me literally angry with rage!