[lbo-talk] The Myth of the Madrassa

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Tue Jun 14 23:48:30 PDT 2005


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.
>
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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