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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: the purpose of education
I'm not sure what article you're referrring to. But, no matter - more economic opportunities are open to more people than ever before, what is sad or strange that education would be linked to that? Probably education is to significant degree a driver of that. Art -----Original Message----- From: gbracey1@verizon.net To: arn-l@interversity.org Sent: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 1:13 PM Subject: [arn-l] the purpose of education Sad to read in Stewart's article that the purpose of education is now so strongly assumed to prepare people to get a job that people don't even remember that that is a recent shift. JB ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
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