Comments | mythingperson: So much depends...

mythingperson

So much depends...

Jun 17, 2013 16:40

How would the world be different, if one greedy man - probably a goatherd - hadn’t decided to betray his people? In 480 BC, Ephialtes looked out at the amassed forces of the Persians blockaded at Thermopylae, and apparently thought he was on the losing side. He showed them a way around the Greek army, a narrow track through the mountains which cut ( Read more... )

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poppetawoppet June 18 2013, 14:02:00 UTC

"The bar for “the basics” has been raised higher and higher, and the cost of achieving those “basics” has skyrocketed. We’re devaluing learning by putting such a high price on it. "

you have no idea how much this sentence hurts my heart daily as a music educator (and as an educator in general)

mythingperson June 19 2013, 20:01:02 UTC

"you have no idea how much this sentence hurts my heart daily as a music educator (and as an educator in general)"

It's painful, and it has to be extra painful to be in the field and part of the system. And I didn't even BEGIN to rant about the other ways we devalue education - by devaluing our educators in so many ways. Thank you for doing what you do.

alycewilson June 19 2013, 22:27:53 UTC

An education is so important, and yet, as you said, it's becoming less and less affordable for everyone. I love how you suffused this piece with your knowledge of history.

xo_kizzy_xo June 19 2013, 23:20:44 UTC

My college had interdisciplinary majors, most of which would have immediately branded you as unemployable in this economy. As much as I loved studying what I did, I almost wish that there had been something more "practical" I could have taken as a minor or something so I'd have something to fall back upon. Of course at that time that never occurred to me -- heck, I was one of those people who practically lived in the library!

beldar June 20 2013, 02:28:05 UTC

I must praise in general, how you took something so potentially dry and "teal deer" and made it flow so well that I read every word. I'm sure part of it is your love for the Classics coming through.

One consolation for those who didn't get to study whatever tickled their fancy in college, as long as there are libraries, there are always books to read (or listen to in audio form) to indulge a love of learning.

cheshire23 June 20 2013, 22:05:49 UTC

And of course yesterday's marketable degree is today's worthless piece of paper. :(