Sigh. Remember when television used to be good? No? Me either.I was listening to Matthew Good when I became curious about how tall he is. Back in the day he was really lanky, so he appeared pretty tall. But now he has some love-weight on and he's looking shorter.
So I Googled until I found an interview he did last year. I got pretty caught up in it, he really is a well thought out speaker. In it I found a little piece that made me stop and think. This is how he responded when asked about maybe going to university someday.
"I have never been attracted to having to echo the sentiments of professors to ensure a grade. I have never been fond of regurgitating the beliefs and opinions of others rather than forging new approaches. For those reasons I doubt that I would ever attend a university. I have, for many years, regarded them as job mills, not places where ideas are exchanged, challenged, and explored."
Ain't that the truth? That's seriously how at this moment in time I am viewing university, as simply "job mills". I don't want to go, and yet here I am, going. It makes me sick just thinking about it, how do I get out of doing something I have to do?
Oh, for the record Matt Good is 6 feet tall.
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It's all about effort versus work. University surely is a job mill. I know I'm mostly going there to get the word 'degree' on my resume. I say mostly because I am really excited about the stuff I'm learning. But still, that kind of path is more about straight work. Study hard and work hard and all that. It's completely possible to take another path. It's just a matter of finding out if it's worth it. I mean look at Leah's uncle Craig. He's crazy.
For some the good work ethic will get them through. And that's all good and well. It's probably better than the other option. Without the straight path and work ethic you need an infinite amount of ambition and creativity to gain any amount of sucess.
Blah. I know I'm ranting but this has been on my mind pretty much constantly for the last year.
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Dave
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