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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

The Key to Success in College

"… Universities are factories of human knowledge. They're also monuments to individual ignorance. We know an incredible amount, but I know only a tiny bit. College puts students in classrooms with researchers who are acutely aware of all they don't know. Professors have a reputation for arrogance, but a humble awareness of the limits of knowledge is their first step toward discovering a little more.

To overcome careerism and knowingness and instill in students a desire to learn, schools and parents need to convince students (and perhaps themselves) that college has more to offer than job training. You're a worker for only part of your life; you're a human being, a creature with a powerful brain, throughout it…"

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/opinion/college-learning-students-success.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
The Key to Success in College Is So Simple It's Almost Never Mentioned

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