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Robert Rodaie
Education Doesn’t End At School
By Robert Rodaie
Back about 300 8.C., the philosopher Aristotle wrote:
"Education Is the best provision for old age."
Today, more than 2,000 years later, that axiom is even
more true than it was in Aristotle’s day. People are
staying in school longer and retiring earlier.
The number of years the average man spends working
actually started to decline during the 1950’5, according to
Dr. Seymour L. Wolfbein, dean of Temple University’s
School of Business Administration, and it’s going to
continue.
Placed in perspective, Dr. Wolfbein's observations
mean that we’re all going to have more leisure time. So
why not study something that will make you a better
person and the world a bettle place in which to live?
Age is not important. The theory that education begins
in kindergarten and ends with a high school or college
diploma is being challenged.
The world around us is a schoolhouse while life serves
as our teacher, leading us along paths few of our ancestors
would have ever imagined.
Alvin Toffler, author of “Future Shock,” has noted that
traditional schooling is based on the tacit notion that
tomorrow’s world will be basically the same as today’s.
But the most useful education recognizes that institutions
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- and people - change.
Mrs. Marion Gleason, a research assistant at the
University of Rochester Medical Center, is an outstanding
example of someone who decided that, despite the lack of
a “formal” education in medical research, she could
make a viable contribution to that field.
In 1948, when she was “only” 58, Mrs. Gleason was
working as a public relations director for Strong
Memorial Hospital, in Rochester, New York. She became
interested in the accidental poisoning cases that came into
the hospital and eventually wound up as a research
assistant in pharmacology, even though she had no
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Her research led to the publication of a 1,500-page book,
“Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products.” That title
is impressive, and so are the contents. Today, the book is
considered the definitive “poison bible” for use by poison
control centers all across the country.
If a local poison center gets a call from a frantic parent
whose child has swallowed something, a quick flip
through its valuable pages means an immediate antidote.
Mrs. Gleason is a rare example of one who made an
outstanding contribution despite a lack of formal
education. But schooling has helped many make con
tributions to society.
My father, J. I. Rodale, found himself back in school one
year, taking a geology course with students half his age.
He wanted to leam as much as he could about soil and its
characteristics. He completed his mission, and put the
material to good use later in many of his writings.
By taking advantage of opportunities for continuing
education, you can begin to broaden your own horizons.
Find out if your school district has an evening adult
education program. Many districts offer a variety of
courses, ranging from ecology to woodworking to basic
writing. The cost is usually minimal and besides, as a
taxpayer, you’ve been paying for the facilities, anyway.
Make use of them.
If you have a college or university in your area - and
there are few areas that aren’t so blessed - take a walk
over. Find out what courses it offers when you have the
time.
Another alternative is the good old correspondence
course. That takes a great deal of self-discipline because
there’s no one to prod you along, but the results can be
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There are many ways for you to get an education. Life
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that you have to keep trying. Don't stop teaming. That's
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(Editor's Note: The opinions appearing in "Organic
Living" are those of its author, Robert Rodale, an in
dependent columnist. Rodale’s comments do not
necessarily reflect the thinking of the Lancaster Farming
editor or anyone else on the Lancaster Farming staff.)
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