Leigh Meyers wrote:
>In some cultures, learning is for learning's sake.
>I'm not implying that their education is not going to be used for
>monetary/social status accumulation, or benefit to their society...
>But the primary stated reason for their education was to have a better
>understanding of the world around them, and cultural pressure.
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I don't know about "learning's sake." I do know that in Romania calling
someone an "educated" or "cultured" person was just about the highest
compliment there was. I mean "rich" was good too, but it never passed as
a mark of character and it was never the equivalent of "great."
Joanna
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