You are right.  You jumped onto this thread late, but I suppose your
     educationally honed insight, learning curve, and talent led to this
     late entry.

     These issues are deeper than any 'apples and oranges' quip.

     Bryan Owen
     Preservation Department
     Frederick Law Olmsted NHS



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Subject: Re: Experience vs. Education
Author:  Eugene Dillenburg <[log in to unmask]> at NP--INTERNET
Date:    1/15/97 17:31


Sorry for jumping onto this thread late, but...

I am reminded of the story of the Prussian general (probably a direct
ancestor) who was having dinner with his officers.  A young lieutenant,
waxing philosphical, proposed "experience is the best teacher."

"Nonsense!" barked the general.  "My donkey's been through five campaigns,
and is as ignorant of the art of war today as when I first bought her."

The moral: experience is useless without insight, awareness, and the ability
to learn from it (talents which are honed through education).

-- Gene


Eugene Dillenburg
Geology Department
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