Our Overrated Collegiate System  A friend asked for my thoughts
on a video. As usual, I spent considerably longer in my response
than I intended. Here is the video:  And here are my thoughts on
the video: He mentions several people who went to school for
huge chunks of their life as though they didn’t: (Jesus for
instance spent much of his life at school, as every Jewish man
is required). Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, etc, all spent their
entire lives either teaching at schools or being taught at
schools (though the schools weren’t of the variety we think
today). And virtually every wealthy person today or well-known
person in the past spent massive amounts of time at
universities.  He slams Bush for being “a fool”, which I think
is mostly just politically charged. Bush is not a fool in most
senses, even if one disagrees with his policies.  His claim that
“either build your dream or help someone else build theirs”
would imply anyone who doesn’t start a business is wasting their
lives, but I don’t think most “dr