Two other bloggers speaking for education as an activity of life and breadth.
I have lost count of the number of times I have heard the phrase 'adult education is my lifeline'... In these times, every voice raised in support of learning for life, in both senses of the term, is welcome if we are to fight back against the triumph of a narrow and bureaucratic concept of education.Shuggy:
[T]his model of education [i.e. narrow, utilitarian, philistine - NG] usually fails to deliver even the dismal targets it sets for itself. You doubt me? Ask any employer. Why is this? Because it is a mentality that encourages both pupils and teachers, students and lecturers, to devalue their vocation - that's why.