Re: <nettime> Edufactory & Debt Deptt: Alex Gavic is our hero!

[marc garrett <marc.garrett@furtherfield.org>]

Hi Coline, Patrice and others....

mmm, just because someone is fortunate enough to get into college (with 
or without debt), does not necessarily mean 'critical thinking' will occur.

It is a misconception that academia consists of, or possesses a greater 
volume of critical thinkers than elsewhere.

This idea does not reflect Heath Bunting's, Stewart Home's, mine and 
many other people's, experiences outside of institutional educational 
systems...

As a working class lad, I had to hack my way around 'static' defaults & 
systems due to lack of privilege.

One example regarding an early experience can be read here 'How a 
Library Saved My Life.'
http://www.furtherfield.org/blog/marc-garrett/how-library-saved-my-life

Wishing you well.

marc garrett

www.furtherfield.org

> As your example illustrates, turning down college education as a 
strategy for avoiding debt is a smart thing to do for one's economic 
future these days. However, avoiding that debt trap as a political 
action also entails turning onself away from being exposed to critical 
thinking - both as a history and as a discipline.
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