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Answer these three questions, it should be one paragraph per question, so in total is 3 paragraphs 500 words:
I conclude that the purpose of formal education is to help individuals live free and independent lives so they can do what they want, when they want, how they want and wake up and work when they want as Mark Cuban and Layan Bubbly would say.
1. What type of education helps individuals achieve such freedom?
2. Do you agree with my conclusion or is the purpose of education and learning something else?
3. Also we live in the information age with waves of information washing over us and constantly shifting. How do you know if what you read, hear, watch or see is reliable? Please answer these questions and explain your answers. Also quote from the YouTube videos.
—(format) a 500-word composition. Use Courier New, 12-point font and double space and MLA style.
—(content) Your composition needs an answer and specific details for each question in the topic. Within your 500-word limit you must cite from the material youve read and/or watched to support your ideas. As Abraham Lincoln wrote, It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion. Use two-three quotes from the sources in your composition to fit your interpretation of the material.
—(focus) Stay focused on the topic. Everything you write should have a connection to the topic and your ideas.
—(clarity) When you proofread check for common errors like fragments, run-ons, commonly confused words, tense shift, subject-verb disagreement, spelling, etc. Try to adhere to the KISS Principle. This means keep your sentences short and simple and divide your composition into short easy to read paragraphs.
Here are some things to think about as you work on the topic.
The only sources you should use are the three videos because Im asking you to reflect on information in them.
Please keep your response simple. Dont do more than what I ask in the topic. Im a simple man. Please keep your writing simple so I can understand.
In the topic Im asking three questions so divide your exercise into three parts and answer one question per part.
Do you agree with my conclusion as to the purpose of education ; if yes or no why?
How can formal (college/university) education help us live free? Please note that Im not asking about the current state of higher education nor what its purpose is. Im asking what should it be. What do individuals need to know to live free? You could give an individual several million dollars and within a year hes spent all of it and is now in more debt and less free than before he got the millions? What does Cuban know?
What has he learned that he can live as he describes? I ask you the same thing about Bubblys friend.
Im also asking about the nature of information. How can we evaluate the value of information especially how can we trust that its the truth
Dont forget to quote from the videos.
If you keep your writing simple you will have fun with it. Most important is to practice writing in response to information. Also try to get to the 500-word requirement. This way you force yourself to go into detail with your answers. If you work from a word document youll get the word count at the bottom left-hand corner of your screen.On YouTube please watch Shift Happens
,
The Luxuries of Life-What the 1% of Elite have over you
and Mark Cuban on the FIRE Movement: Financial Independence, Retire Early
Also read about intellectual property, patents, trademarks, copyright and plagiarism at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_propert…
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism.
Here youll get a thorough review of these concepts.
Also visit https://www.plagiarism.org/ for more information.
This is important information to have and know for submitting work
Also read https://fs.blog/2021/02/feynman-learning-technique/?utm_source=pocket-newtab.
The article regards the use of writing as a learning tool since writing is a form of teaching/explaining and teaching is the best way to learn anything.