"Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and feed him as long as the fish supply holds out. But create a collective, and every man will learn how to feed himself for a lifetime."
Question:
"Critics fear that as a result we are losing a valuable distinction in how we think of our lives and how we share things with others. This distinction has often been framed in terms of the public and the private."
Are we more able to connect, relate, and learn from others when they are honest and get a bit personal?
Comment:
Long story short....(ch.5)....a chemistry student created a Facebook study page for his college chemistry class. This allowed 146 other students to comment on and learn from one another at anytime of the day. The University viewed this a a threat and charged the student who created the page with 147 (to include himself) counts of academic misconduct. Thankfully he was cleared of all charges, however the University stated that: "learning must be both difficult and directed by others to meet the standard for academic rigor (Brown & Thomas, p. 70)."
By directed by others is the University referring directly to a teacher, and are they disregarding the other 146 individuals that have the ability to direct each other.
Epiphany:
"Learning in an age of constant change simply never stops. In the new culture of learning, the bad news is that we rarely reach any final answers. But the good news is that we get to play again, and we may find even more satisfaction in continuing to research (Brown & Thomas, p. 73)."
It is okay to be wrong as long as we keep researching, developing, and asking why and or how.