On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram <[email protected]>wrote:
> A certain double-barreled, birdwatcher who was staying with Deepa recently? > You can't guess? > No, I can't guess, who could this possibly be? > > But seriously, Deepa, there are many more people on Silk who dropped out or > never attended university. > You know, Ram, it's very funny...I detested my school education because I was made to take the "Science stream" (in fact, I rather think that much of my aversion to Maths is because of the way it was taught) but when I went to college, I totally loved what I was learning...I had a "liberal arts" education before that term was invented (it was actually referred to by my relatives as "useless for a job!"...which it probably was.)....English (honours) and Philosophy....and enjoyed myself very much indeed, continuing.. So I sort of "dropped in"...! However, I never ever wanted to do a doctorate and still don't feel the need. Yes, I realize that there must be many people who have not attended university on this list; in other countries, a college education is never the "must" that it is here. Deepa.
