Originally Posted by Giftodd
Today, I feel, education has been reduced in many ways to a competition that has little to do with learning. Which means that once you've got what you need to get the position you aspire to, you stop. You switch on American Idol. You absorb the drip feed of subjective news your exposed to from the bits you see on TV, the headlines you skim and so on.

Formal education is just a certification process these days. You get the certificate to get the job. It's mostly a waste of time and a huge financial burden on students.

When I attended college and law school, I was just there to get certified.

Most real education is learning tacit knowledge. And, in many cases, you need the tacit knowledge *before* taking the formal courses for the courses to be helpful.

We have education all messed up because it's using a factory model.