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Well maybe you aren't in Russia after all. They aren't noted for higher education. I am curious if you are the guy in Boise.Cannonpointer » Yesterday, 7:23 pm » wrote: ↑ My education has been sporadic and unconventional. For example, I sold term papers by the dozens when I lived in a college town, and in order to do so, I had to read the texts. So, no credits - but lots of education. I write and cogitate at a post-graduate level - especially in the field of literary criticism, - and I research science and cutting edge clinical medical practices better than most lay people.
When I DID matriculate, I was also selling term papers. I never took a course on human geography - but I've read the college texts and written papers on the topic. Same with many subjects. I've done dozens of literary essays evaluating various books for college classes. You mentioned the Renaissance. I have critiqued Shakespearean sovereigns from the perspective of a Machiavellian prince, and I have critiqued Shakespearean courtiers from the perspective of a Castiglionian courtier. I had to read both authors and Shakespeare in order to do that. That is some thick reading. As a result, I got pretty deep into the ethos and pathos of that historical period.
I educated myself as a young man by reading voraciously, mostly 19th Century writers like Kipling, Poe, Hawthorne, Vern, Twain, London - the kind of stuff that attracts young (but serious) readers. Kipling was the last of the 19th Century guys I got addicted to, and then I moved on to Hemingway - an excellent bridge, was Kipling, as he tended toward fewer compound and complex sentences than folks like Hawthorne and Vern. After Hemingway I discovered Steinbeck, and then Orwell and Huxley. There was never any talk of college in my family. We were as blue collar as it gets. I thought people who lived in brick houses were rich, and I thought kids that weren't beaten were just cut from better cloth. I did not know what I did not know - so, getting an education came in fits and starts. It was just outside my overton window to attend university - I thought that was for other people. But I found community colleges at a young age, and I never stopped taking classes wherever I lived (and I've lived all over the country, east west north and south). I've taken classes at jucos in every decade of my adult life, including my teens and including my sixties. I never want to stop learning. I will be attending some juco somewhere in my 70s and likely in my 80s.
I am starting to wonder if Ghetto is actually kfools, but he didn't repeat himself over and over and Like Biden stuttering.
No matter how you received your education, I will tell anyone else you are phooking smart guy. Thanks for sharing your background. That is really cool and interesting. Perhaps I will share more about mine, but it's hard to do without doxing myself. Not that is matters, I have brought plenty of clues and paths for a brainwashed maniac to follow the breadcrumbs. Andrew being the biggest one.
I found a Meme in a drawer cleaning out an office. It read "Electricians were created... Because Engineers need Heroes Too" Yes I achieved the degree, and I was fortunate to be in a privileged town in a privileged time. But so many of the workers where the rubber meets the road taught me the most. And still do this today.
Learning Never Ends. You have taught me a thing or two in the short time of dialogue we have engaged in.
There is only one way.. Through. We are all going to get the final lesson in life. I hope that your seminar, and every phooks on Earth, is not filled with horror and fear.
Merry Sunday from the Church of the Quantum Gurus . The Tesla Hour Bible Study is on. We broke the 4k character limit.