In this chapter, the author
discusses the value of cultural experiences. Every time individuals attends cultural
events such concerts, music festivals, and shows, they pay for a certain amount
of fee to get the right to be present, but the fee they paid does not guarantee
them to witness brilliant performances. However, the experience, in a sense, is invaluable, because it is transpersonal, which will become part of the witnesses.
The same argument also
applies in the realms of reading and education. Someone once asks a wise man
why people still read books even knowing that they are going to forget what’s
being told in the books anyway. The wise man answers that they are not going to
remember the specifics of stories indeed, but the story already becomes a part
of who they are. It’s the reading experience that gradually cultivates how they
think and who they become eventually. As regard to education, educators say education
is what’s still left inside people, after they don’t remember anything in the
textbooks.
Even though we know we will forget about what we learn in class, we still need to go to school because it becomes a part of our life. However, education is useful for us in our life. I heard a news a girl use the knowledge what she learned in the class to save herself in fire.
ReplyDeleteWe not only learn knowledge in school, but also learn the ability to think, to act, to interact, etc.
ReplyDeleteWe may not remember anything in textbook, but we are somewhat trained to be discipline i.e coming to class on time, submitting project on time. This is how education shape one person's personality to be better.
ReplyDeleteI love learning about new cultures. My bucket list is to visit at least 30 different countries. To get a true sense of a different culture, we have to immerse ourselves in that culture. We can only gather a bite size sample from attending a cultural event. I feel like you learn more outside the classroom through experience than you can through flipping through pages and pages of words.
ReplyDeleteThis remind me a lot an article I read on Bloomberg about Millenials and the high value that we give to experiences.
ReplyDeleteI think that living experiences is one of the greatest things that money can offer you, after providing value to the society obviously
This is an interesting chapter. I totally agree that it's the experience matter. In architecture school, we not only learn how to design but learn how to endure the pressure and do better in time management.
ReplyDeleteI agree whether you remember the specifics of a story or not you learn from reading. You take the experiences you are reading and learn from them and even grow as a reader just from reading more literature.
ReplyDeleteI really agree that even though you forget the contents of the book or the play sometimes, but those form part of who you are today. The influence of those on you is very gradual, subconscious. You won't even notice that some of your decisions or persistence about what you do with your life are affected by those you have read or experienced even you forget the contents.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this post. I loved how you wrote that educators say that education is what we forget from the text books because now it makes me really understand why we go to school. Great post!
ReplyDeleteSometimes it takes one sentence or a few simple words for a book to leave its mark on you for life.
ReplyDeleteI was really impressed by the wise man example that the experiences and lessons that people have learned already become a part of who they are.
ReplyDeleteI think that you have a really good point about the parallel between what the author is talking about this chapter and our educational experiences.
ReplyDeleteI like to learn different cultures especially because I want to do business internationally. It's very important for me and it's also fun.
ReplyDeletemoney can not buy experience, it can only buy experience of consuming, which is also good.
ReplyDeleteThere is an interesting article about how Millennials do not care about savings but they want to live experiences. I think that live experiences are crucial to shape your identity. To broad your horizons, who study only theory remain behind
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