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What does it mean?
Shaw suggests his true education stopped when he started formal schooling.
In plain terms
School often interrupts real learning.
What can you take from it?
Learn outside formal systems.

Where it applies

  • self-study
  • critique of schools
  • lifelong learning

Putting it to work

  • studying independently
  • questioning curriculum

Questions to consider

  • Are you learning or being taught?
  • Where do you learn best?

Another view

School provides necessary foundational skills.

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