Posted by Goose on August 10, 2010 at 07:36:35 from (67.63.66.106):
In Reply to: Re: College Education posted by Zachary Hoyt on August 10, 2010 at 04:34:31:
A good example is world renowned author, Louis L'Amour, now deceased.
He quit high school during the first semester of his sophomore year, saying school was interfering with his education. The day his class graduated from high school, he was in Singapore as a crewman on a merchant ship.
He's an interesting man. He's noted for western novels, but he also spent years at sea, won 51 of 59 prize fights, was a 1st Lieutenant in the Army in WWII, and traveled Europe and Asia extensively.
When he quit high school, he asked, "Why should I waste an entire semester studying, say, General Science, when I can go to a public library, check out a book on General Science that's far more interesting and informative than the textbook in high school, read it and digest it in a few days and move on to something else?"
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