I think it was Ashley Montague (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Montagu) who said that the mark of an educated person was one who had overcome the limitations of the educational system.

Higher education should practice academic birth-control. Churning out more MBA’s is in the interest of the institution.

I read Ivan Illich (Deschooling Society) as a teenager in the late 1960’s. I was impressionable— and it made an impression. Michel de Montaigne (b. 1533), said, “…wise men have more to learn from fools, that fools from wise men.” And this, “Having learned little from good examples, I make use of bad ones, which offer me everyday lessons.” We all make mistakes. In school they are discouraged. In the real world we suffer and learn.

There is a lot of empty talk about passion in business. And business language drains its content of all life. Passion is not hot, unthinking, and impulsive. What is meant by passion is enthusiasm and energy. These are necessary. But the most important thing for an autodidactic is a mixture of curiosity, creativity, and courage. Which business school values these attributes?

I appreciate the PMBA approach. I have often thought of literary therapy by prescribing great works for common ailments.

I love this website.

Thank you

Christopher Richards