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UnCollege might mean that

rmrd0000 — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:20:21 +0000

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UnCollege might mean that some career options are not possible. The medical field, for example requires a structured process with testing and license requirements. This includes nursing, pharmacy, medical technology, etc. Reading the classics does not lead directly to employment in most cases.

One of the major problems in the US is poor math and science skills. How does UnCollege correct that problem?

And also ... pet peeve of

kgb999 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:12:34 +0000

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And also ... pet peeve of mine. Please stop listing Zukerberg as some sort or technologist in the same sentence with innovators like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. It's like saying Ezra Klein's BA and brief blogging career provide the same level of credibility as a Krugman or Stiglitz on topics of economic policy.

Interesting highlight. So,

kgb999 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:52:29 +0000

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Interesting highlight.

So, how does excitement over the idea of an "UnCollege" approach to education mesh with the traditional ridicule Democrats/liberals have leveled at the (often libertarian/conservative) folks who adopt and promote a very similar unschooling approach as a better alternative to public education for their children?

Historically, the lib-aligned have been brutally insulting (to put it charitably) of this concept.

All of this knowledge on the

Richard Day — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:52:32 +0000

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All of this knowledge on the internet.

Anything more than 80 or 90 years old can just about be had.

Google is working on a tremendous projects including scanning the great museum arts:

http://krista-mccracken.blogspot.com/2011/02/googles-art-project.html

I recently wrote a blog on a project where you have free access to Court summaries at The Old Bailey dated from 1674 to 1913 with some actual transcripts included.

http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/crime-punishment-11410

You do not need tuition in order to read the Classics at all including Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles....

You can find tremendous monographs on physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology....

Oh you can spend an arm and a leg on professional journals of course.

But there is a magic universe of bits out there.

Let us make use of them.

Great post!