This is a non-fiction
compare and contrast paper. I wrote this paper because I found myself
questioning dissenting information about history. In the paper I state that I
AM an avid student of life, history and culture---I have not found my research
to be consistent with the doctrines of the Institution(s) of Education .
I believe this is
relevant to the Arts because if the Institute of Education is inherently flawed and the pillars of
information are lies and spin—one has to ask…What is the propeadeutic education
an individual really receives behind the walls of school----I think the
Institute should be brought into question and held under definitive cultural
scrutiny. So I submit my collegiate paper. Dedication or Education.
Dedication
or Education
Maka
K. Taylor
English 121
Tia
Stubbs
October
15, 2012
I
graduated in 1996, I am 34 years old and I am a returning student. My choice to
return to school is not an orthodox one. I am a returning student for
supplemental income while I raise and educate my children. The choice as a
byproduct lies in the balance between desire, passion and purpose. This causes
my choice to become a student bittersweet; I enjoy learning and various
learning environment, I am not content with conventional education and have
acquired a true and valid disdain for the institution. Addressing my academic
journey from a commercially academic, undisclosed, historic perspective may
give more insight into my current challenge with academia. To this end I have
lackadaisically committed myself to formal education since the winter of 2009,
yet, I am a third year freshman. In this essay I will explore education in
opposition to dedication and share a historic point that challenges my ability
to trust academic curriculum(s). The text will peer into my professional
background and relate my understanding of education and review potential
scenarios where education (or necessity thereof) actually proved(s) to be a
barrier in my professional career development.
To say the very least higher education has not withstood my research in
the subjects of history, health, or professional application of acquired
knowledge. I am an avid study of history in relationship to current social
conditions, specifically in the area of Afrikkans in amerikka or the
politically correct coined African American(Melanated Majority). Nine years ago I found myself
engulfed in a dedicated search to unearth myself which led me to pre slave
afrikans and the Kingdoms they produced. This dedication led me to a greater
understanding of myself and education; or lack thereof. I found that my entire
learning career had been based in an automated, tunnel vision, cookie cutter
approach to map my life. The education I had received would prove to pale in
comparison to the depth, psychosocial understanding, and practical application
of the dedicated study I endeavored on my own accord. The facts of history have been gravely misconstrued or misrepresented. You choose
which is which.
The current accepted curriculum on civilization is that greek and
european culture civilized civilization----I ask how? The current consensus is
that we all derive from “Mitochondrial Eve” (sciencedaily.com). If the greeks
civilized society then european remains should have been found, or at the very
least excavated from the same general area, and dated as the earliest human
beings. It is seemingly implausible to correlate greeks and their hand in civilization
without corroborating physical evidence. If the Europeans had been the earliest
civilizer of society then those should be the earliest remains found. However,
based on the curriculum of Western Civilization(University of Phoenix) ---I am
led to believe that even though the earliest human remains found are African
(and a woman), and despite (discount) the plausible conclusion that
civilizations existed prior to the european colonizing; which would ultimately
suggest that Afrikan society had bustling civilization long before the european
came to power. That, he, the greek;, civilized civilization. Bullox. This is
one discrepancy, there are far too many to cite in two pages of writing. These facts are pertinent in assisting me to demonstrate my challenge with conventional education. I have 15 years of professional work under my belt---including a Program Director and Director of Marketing position I held years back. My bottom line is I have skills, professional skills that cannot even be learned in any institution, or acquired by osmosis of mirroring; yet by this society’s standards; I am not educated. To add insult to injury, not only am I not educated, I need this facility or one of equal accreditation to tell me when I become educated. Bullox. I know this is the typical route for most of the population, but for a small percentage of western civilization, there is an innate drive to be dedicated and the dedication is driven by individual purpose which is propelled by purpose specific education creating a whole being utilizing whole education. Which will use the content of my text and not take points off for improper formatting---
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