Student Loan Problems: One Third Of Millennials Regret Going To College -
About one third of millennials say they would have been better off working, instead of going to college and paying tuition.
Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley #TED : http://on.ted.com/eZwu
1. Individuality
2. Creativity
3. Curiosity
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Independent learning suggests ideas such as “self-taught,” or “autodidact.” These imply that independence means working solo. But that’s just not how it happens. People don’t learn in isolation. When I talk about independent learners, I don’t mean people learning alone. I’m talking about learning that happens independent of schools.
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Anyone who really wants to learn without school has to find other people to learn with and from. That’s the open secret of learning outside of school. It’s a social act. Learning is something we do together.
Independent learners are interdependent learners.
” — Don’t Go Back to School – a must-read on how to fuel the internal engine of lifelong learning. (via explore-blog)(Source: , via explore-blog)
“Employers plan to hire only 2.1 percent more new college graduates this year than in 2012, according to a survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Last fall they thought the increase would be 13 percent.” — Things aren’t looking so good for the graduating class of 2013. Perhaps now is a better time than ever to consider avoiding “work,” finding your purpose, making glorious mistakes, and living the creative rather than the safe life. (via explore-blog)
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“In a way, the best education you can get is just talking with people who are really smart and interested in things, and you can get that for the cost of lunch.” — Don’t Go Back to School (via explore-blog)
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3 Steps to Becoming a Master Learner -
You can’t lead if you can’t learn. And not all adults learn that well. How to change that.
We’re California dreamin’ after seeing this awesome lettering project!
Class: Lettering: Learn to Draw Illustrative Words
View project: http://skl.sh/15R8zPL
Created by: Kyle Marks
Stay curious.
“Training teaches how to carry out a specific task more efficiently and reliably. Education, on the other hand, opens and enriches a person’s mind. To train a person, you need know nothing about who they really are, or what they love, or why. Education reaches out to embrace the whole person. Historically, we have treated money as a matter of training, rather than education in its wider and more dignified sense.” — What the philosophy of education teaches us about worrying less about money. (via explore-blog)
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