"technically" speaking
Ren Allen
"Why does this country have to make things so difficult for people to
be educated in areas of interest only, meaning they can still be
self-learned but if they WANT to go higher in just one area, WHY do
they HAVE to know a little about everything else? "
Ah yes, archaic ideas that need to die out.
In reality, those that specialize are in DEMAND! I don't know that
I'll ever specialize much in life, being a dabbler is more my style.:)
We were discussing this at work a couple days ago. Some of the MAC
artists and I were talking about how lame it would be to attend any
college makeup artistry courses, because what we want is makeup
artistry courses ONLY.
I don't want to be forced to take English and Math to learn artistry
skills. Dumb. The whole idea of "well rounded" is ridiculous. The
parts they want to "round out" are only in certain subjects. Subjects
that you pick up naturally anyway by LIVING!!
People are naturally prone to being more focused OR being dabblers (or
anything in between). There's a lot of genetics at work there. If
someone is interested in a topic, it's absolutely imperative to delve
into that topic until the interest is satisfied (and maybe it never
will be).
I didn't get to be a good makeup artist by being coerced into taking a
bunch of crap to make me "well rounded". I got good at it by
constantly learning new skills, reading, attending classes, working in
the industry and asking questions of those more skilled than I.
I continue to do these things (also called Learning) in order to gain
more skills as the years pass. I don't need someone else deciding
what *I* need to be "well rounded". I will round myself out quite
nicely thank you.....hopefully not too round as I enjoy hiking,
running and biking.;)
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
be educated in areas of interest only, meaning they can still be
self-learned but if they WANT to go higher in just one area, WHY do
they HAVE to know a little about everything else? "
Ah yes, archaic ideas that need to die out.
In reality, those that specialize are in DEMAND! I don't know that
I'll ever specialize much in life, being a dabbler is more my style.:)
We were discussing this at work a couple days ago. Some of the MAC
artists and I were talking about how lame it would be to attend any
college makeup artistry courses, because what we want is makeup
artistry courses ONLY.
I don't want to be forced to take English and Math to learn artistry
skills. Dumb. The whole idea of "well rounded" is ridiculous. The
parts they want to "round out" are only in certain subjects. Subjects
that you pick up naturally anyway by LIVING!!
People are naturally prone to being more focused OR being dabblers (or
anything in between). There's a lot of genetics at work there. If
someone is interested in a topic, it's absolutely imperative to delve
into that topic until the interest is satisfied (and maybe it never
will be).
I didn't get to be a good makeup artist by being coerced into taking a
bunch of crap to make me "well rounded". I got good at it by
constantly learning new skills, reading, attending classes, working in
the industry and asking questions of those more skilled than I.
I continue to do these things (also called Learning) in order to gain
more skills as the years pass. I don't need someone else deciding
what *I* need to be "well rounded". I will round myself out quite
nicely thank you.....hopefully not too round as I enjoy hiking,
running and biking.;)
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
[email protected]
In a message dated 4/5/2006 8:26:51 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:
I don't need someone else deciding
what *I* need to be "well rounded".
****************
I love when this conversation comes around. I know I was raised with this
brainwashing, and I believed it for a very long time.
The more people I've met, the one thing I can say is that even though this
idea has been forced on nearly everyone......hardly anyone is truly
well-rounded! Most people have a couple of areas where they excel and some where they
are nearly useless. If you happen to be useless in language skills, it is
very difficult to get through the school system or college.
Most people (outside of unschooling circles, of course) are pretty darn
boring.....maybe that's being well-rounded in dullness.....except those few that
have a passion for something. I'm boring, unless I'm talking about
unschooling. :)
My husband is military, so we have a forced social circle. The gatherings
are wild because people drink excessively. I think it is because they are so
bored with each other, it is the only way to make the time together bearable.
They all seem to be having so much fun, but nothing is truly discussed or
learned. Most of these people have been to college, the men are mostly the
elite (smartest, best of their military class) of the military and even then,
they are painfully boring. We have one guy that is interesting, he is a
sculptor and was a fine arts major in college.....different from the usual
physical education majors the military seems to be full of. :) But maybe he is
interesting because he is different, not a truly interesting person filled with
passion.
Leslie in SC
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starsuncloud@... writes:
I don't need someone else deciding
what *I* need to be "well rounded".
****************
I love when this conversation comes around. I know I was raised with this
brainwashing, and I believed it for a very long time.
The more people I've met, the one thing I can say is that even though this
idea has been forced on nearly everyone......hardly anyone is truly
well-rounded! Most people have a couple of areas where they excel and some where they
are nearly useless. If you happen to be useless in language skills, it is
very difficult to get through the school system or college.
Most people (outside of unschooling circles, of course) are pretty darn
boring.....maybe that's being well-rounded in dullness.....except those few that
have a passion for something. I'm boring, unless I'm talking about
unschooling. :)
My husband is military, so we have a forced social circle. The gatherings
are wild because people drink excessively. I think it is because they are so
bored with each other, it is the only way to make the time together bearable.
They all seem to be having so much fun, but nothing is truly discussed or
learned. Most of these people have been to college, the men are mostly the
elite (smartest, best of their military class) of the military and even then,
they are painfully boring. We have one guy that is interesting, he is a
sculptor and was a fine arts major in college.....different from the usual
physical education majors the military seems to be full of. :) But maybe he is
interesting because he is different, not a truly interesting person filled with
passion.
Leslie in SC
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trektheory
--- In [email protected], Leslie530@... wrote:
When I was a kid, I moved one time too many, and had a huge gap in my
knowledge of history -- got Civil War reconstruction, then next was
Bay of Pigs. That's a pretty big gap. Believe it or not, I
functioned in society without that knowledge (other than what you pick
up in life -- it's hard to grow up in the '60's and '70's without
knowing SOMETHING about WWII!) until this year. Then, when my son
asked to learn about WWII, we did -- and I learned a ton. (And
enjoyed it a lot more than I would have in my school days.) Then we
learned about the Cold War, and now are on WWI, something that I know
happened, but that is about it.
I was a total failure when it came to anything with fine-motor
coordination. I would LOVE to have been able to create works of art --
it was in my heart but not my hands. I turned to writing to express
myeself, and in high school, decided not to take a class on jewelry
making, because I didn't want to mess up my GPA. Later in life -- I
ended up making (and selling some) jewelry. I made things out of
polymer clay. I've done a lot of things that, if I had gone with my
original view of myself, I couldn't possibly ever do. I am blooming a
bit late. (Hey, I'm in my 40's!)
So, even someone thinks they are useless at some particular thing,
they may just be on a different time schedule!
Linda
>though this
> The more people I've met, the one thing I can say is that even
> idea has been forced on nearly everyone......hardly anyone is trulyand some where they
> well-rounded! Most people have a couple of areas where they excel
> are nearly useless.And let's not forget "gaps" and differing developmental time-schedules.
When I was a kid, I moved one time too many, and had a huge gap in my
knowledge of history -- got Civil War reconstruction, then next was
Bay of Pigs. That's a pretty big gap. Believe it or not, I
functioned in society without that knowledge (other than what you pick
up in life -- it's hard to grow up in the '60's and '70's without
knowing SOMETHING about WWII!) until this year. Then, when my son
asked to learn about WWII, we did -- and I learned a ton. (And
enjoyed it a lot more than I would have in my school days.) Then we
learned about the Cold War, and now are on WWI, something that I know
happened, but that is about it.
I was a total failure when it came to anything with fine-motor
coordination. I would LOVE to have been able to create works of art --
it was in my heart but not my hands. I turned to writing to express
myeself, and in high school, decided not to take a class on jewelry
making, because I didn't want to mess up my GPA. Later in life -- I
ended up making (and selling some) jewelry. I made things out of
polymer clay. I've done a lot of things that, if I had gone with my
original view of myself, I couldn't possibly ever do. I am blooming a
bit late. (Hey, I'm in my 40's!)
So, even someone thinks they are useless at some particular thing,
they may just be on a different time schedule!
Linda