I'm confused by #1 of the Students Education Proclamation which states: "Our education will be reflective of and relevant to the world of work."
I sure hope there is more to life than mere 'work.' Have we allowed uncontrolled corporate greed to redirect the purpose of education? Do we remember why we educated ourselves prior to industrialization? Do we believe Plato, Pascal, and Galileo educated themselves for 'work?' Is the mind useful only for 'work?' What about art, music, culture? Do we think education's duty is to regurgitate drones for the continual, mundane turning of society's cogs? Wake up students! There's much more to education than 'work.' Education should be relevant to 'life' and life is much more all-encompassing than the time and space to which we've limited ourselves. (posted 5/2/09)
