Edu Cusp

2. Mark Twain said, “Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.” What did he mean by that? Is technology blurring the boundary between formal and informal learning?


Mark Twain puts it quite eliquently. Education should never stop, inside or outside the class, the pursuit of knowledge is a life long quest. So for many formal class room education gets in the way of their actual success as a person outside the class room. Once you leave a classroom the learning doesn't stop it only changes and becomes a more expansive basis to learn from. At CRMS we participate in the concept of education inside and out. Meaning that our trips our active program and interim are all extremely involve learning processes, not just trips for fun. They provide opportunities to learn about one's self and the world around them, while also encouraging independence and self sufficiency.

This quote also explains that the traditional workings of a classroom should not hinder your learning and should not be the only source for it. You must look beyond the classroom even for your traditional classroom education. For example with the progression of technology there are now many new sources for information that may provide information not found in text books. I have found a number of youtube videos and written examples that have helped in further expanding my knowledge base for the bast two rules that we studied in calculus. Technology has been progressively blurring the line between the classroom, the rest of the world and ultimately the idea of informal versus formal learning.

Education never stops and that has become no more evident than in the current modern era that we live in. With the expansion of technology we will more and more sources of media that provide an education and a smaller and smaller divide between when formal education stops and starts.