tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065001.post4669594877650265203..comments2024-03-15T00:15:11.744+10:00Comments on John Flood's Random Academic Thoughts (RATs): Sundays? Then Indulge in Brain PickingsJohn Floodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618951794976509582noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065001.post-69367489969901213692013-02-04T20:37:00.555+10:002013-02-04T20:37:00.555+10:00I think it's rebelling against the orthodoxy t...I think it's rebelling against the orthodoxy that education must be seen as a continuous stretch that is complete within a finite time frame, whereas it could be sporadic and episodic if that suits. It fits with an idea of my PhD supervisor which was that on entering university a student would immediately be awarded a degree. The next 3 or 4 years could be spent learning or not: it would be John Floodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03618951794976509582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7065001.post-22052628516246857282013-02-04T09:00:00.954+10:002013-02-04T09:00:00.954+10:00Thanks for the sign-up suggestion -- I'd read ...Thanks for the sign-up suggestion -- I'd read a couple of her posts, but this time you moved me to subscribe. <br /><br />As for Susan Sontag's suggestion for reforming the education of the 12 to 16 cohort, my reaction -- as to much of her writing -- is "yes, but..." Sure, there were school days at these ages when I desperately wanted to be elsewhere. But these were also the Peter Ledererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04468665975195720914noreply@blogger.com