As Mark Twain apparently did NOT say: “When I was young it was amazing how ignorant my father was, but by the time I got out of university it was amazing how much the old man had learned.”
Here in India we used to say, “Bachelor’s degree when we think we know everything, Masters when we realise we know nothing, and finally we get our PhD when we understand nobody knows anything!”
Between graduation and age 21, bafflement at the difference between what one was taught and what one experiences that was different is baffling. Adjusting to the changes is called ‘maturing,’ and it last until one’s train reaches its terminal.
School is not about knowledge, it’s about learning. If a school has made you into a knowledgeable person it did a good job. If it turned you into an avid learner it did an excellent job.
diazch408 4 months ago
Nice comeback, Mr. Spatzle.
Sanspareil 4 months ago
And after the bafflement it morphs into complete bewilderment!
Concretionist 4 months ago
As Mark Twain apparently did NOT say: “When I was young it was amazing how ignorant my father was, but by the time I got out of university it was amazing how much the old man had learned.”
Rhetorical_Question 4 months ago
Dr Spaetzle is Speaking from experience!
Nachikethass 4 months ago
Here in India we used to say, “Bachelor’s degree when we think we know everything, Masters when we realise we know nothing, and finally we get our PhD when we understand nobody knows anything!”
MayCauseBurns 3 months ago
“Hire a teenager while they still know everything!”
gammaguy 3 months ago
I have some speakers with baffles. I wish more political speakers had them.
sandpiper 3 months ago
Between graduation and age 21, bafflement at the difference between what one was taught and what one experiences that was different is baffling. Adjusting to the changes is called ‘maturing,’ and it last until one’s train reaches its terminal.
rshive 3 months ago
Listen to him, Caulfield. He’s been through it.
DKHenderson 3 months ago
Mr. Spaetzle is cool!
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom 3 months ago
GAH! This kid is really full of himself.
socalvillaguy Premium Member 3 months ago
So. Freakin’. True.
Mike Baldwin creator 3 months ago
Ain’t that the truth. No really, I want to know. I thought I knew but now I’m not sure I know anything.
j.l.farmer 3 months ago
You are lucky if it lasts that long!
Cactus-Pete 3 months ago
So he wants to learn the most he can before he knows everything? He doesn’t know much.
tvstevie 3 months ago
Now there’s the voice of experience!
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 3 months ago
Proverbs 9:9 – “Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning."
Mary McNeil Premium Member 3 months ago
I thought Caulfield already thought he knew it all.
Guy Steele Premium Member 3 months ago
Ha! I think I nailed it yesterday.
Teto85 Premium Member 3 months ago
As I head off to a Continuing Ed conference. After all, I’ve only been practicing for about 30 years.
unfair.de 3 months ago
School is not about knowledge, it’s about learning. If a school has made you into a knowledgeable person it did a good job. If it turned you into an avid learner it did an excellent job.
rick_e_bear Premium Member 3 months ago
Puberty confuses everything.