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Topic: Learning for learning sake

Mostly because I want to keep the motivation thread focused on that I have a question, hence the name big_smile, is learning just for the sake of learning worth it?  Haven't you ever taken a say class that was useless at the time and now years later it seems useful?  Or conversely now still is utterly useless?

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I'm definitely of the opinion that learning is always worth it - regardless.  Nothing beats a person who continues to learn their entire lives :-p

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That pretty much describes me... tongue

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that's was the original idea behind the liberal arts

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I took the history of japanese art, when i have a science background, beause it seemsed fin.. it was and it has no use, so the question is irrelvant.

Take classes which get you the degree you want or you enjoy. Very little classes will be that useful i nthe real world anyway, however the processes you learn and the background knowledge you will haev on various subjects will help you be a better whatever and more employable...

Anyone who claims that education is pointless lives in some backwater area and has no real world understanding.

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If learning is always for the good, then go memorize the German train records in 1912. Then tell me how useless that was.

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learning != memorizing

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Well you haven't learned anything if you haven't memorized anything.

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Yea but memorizing is just one kind of learning. It's the "learn 1000 words" kind. Good when you are supposed to... learn 1000 german words tongue

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"is learning just for the sake of learning worth it?"

We are called Homo Sapiens, which means Thinking Man, which means we have a reputation to think of, a name to live up to, so... Yes. smile

"Haven't you ever taken a say class that was useless at the time and now years later it seems useful?  Or conversely now still is utterly useless?"

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Totally useless.
Although being good with hydroponics means I'll never want for money wink

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Memorizing stuff is bad, mcay. You need to understand things, mcay

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teach me to understand the alphabet

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Perhaps there comes a point when you should begin spending more time with your own creation and discovery than with learning.

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It's what I'm gonna be doing!

I gotta stay outta full time employment as long as possible >.>

I wanna get a PhD in Ancient History =o

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