[lbo-talk] Learning to be stupid

[Jon Johanning]

Doesn't surprise me. As an ex-philosophy teacher, I am, on the 
contrary, very surprised when any member of the general educated public 
shows any knowledge of philosophy.

Either they are young, and thus were educated after philosophy ceased 
to be considered a necessary part of education, or they are old, and 
forgot whatever they learned in their philosophy courses.

On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 09:34  PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote:


> An anamoly I thought.  Somehow she got through a
> private school system and into an ivy without being
> told about Plato.
>
> Later, I met her friends and learned she wasn't alone.
>
>
> What else, I wondered, do these folks not know?

jcj