Did not know that you had one of these pages set up mate. Anyway, to the point I haven’t had a chance to read the full article that you have written above but, in essence it seems to coincide with the many conversations that we had about the “university grinding machina”.

My view, in the beginning of my university career was that of excitement. I was there, I was ready to learn and WILLING!!!

God, it excites me reading new stuff, learning about x n y and having a great lecturer like yourself with whom I am able to converse on higher matters than the arbitrary X+Y=Z without the Why’s.

I think, that is what is missing in university institutions these days. The Why’s. There are none left anymore. We are taught how to disseminate information, what information is, and how to store it. EVEN HOW TO LEARN! Yes, we have workshops nowadays for everything. Even a simple thing as how to learn.

But, no one really knows what learning is. Ask the average student and youll get a blank look. And as for the why?’s

Well… when was the last student that asked why? Why is that so, why do x + y = z? I dunno. It seems that university has forgotten one thing. That learning…

In essence is curiosity. And currently, that fundamental aspect of all learning is being repressed by our learning institutions where professors are only concerned about writing their next paper, or just getting that pay check. In end we only breed a generation of people who are, despite their achievements and their degrees, still uneducated.

Anyway, enough of that rant mate.

Work calls and my breaks pretty much over. Lets catch up sometime.

- Azur

ps: I think i was in the 95% .