Prompt #
65 - University
University
of Manitoba Bachelor of Arts with a double major in English and
history
Certificate
in Education (teacher training)
Master
of Arts in English (Canadian literature)
I
recently watched Bill Moyers interview American writer Marilynne
Robinson who stressed the error of thinking that education is there
to serve employers. That the goal of all education is to develop all
aspects of the individual – not limited to employment skills. I
loved going to university and notice myself wanting to return to it
every time I am facing a major life change. I am grateful that I had
the luxury of being able to study subjects and topics which
interested me personally, and which still interest me today. Reading.
Writing. Creativity. Psychology. Linguistics. History. Political
Science. My true passion, Geology. And Canadiana.
Geologists can tell where this chunk of obsidian was mined, and thus retrace the First Nations' trade routes. This sample is in the National Historic Site at Fort Langley, BC, a former Hudson's Bay Company trading post, which offered new weapons and tools to First Nations traders in exchange for the furs, salmon, game, and berries they brought in, and the baskets and blankets they wove.
Geologists can tell where this chunk of obsidian was mined, and thus retrace the First Nations' trade routes. This sample is in the National Historic Site at Fort Langley, BC, a former Hudson's Bay Company trading post, which offered new weapons and tools to First Nations traders in exchange for the furs, salmon, game, and berries they brought in, and the baskets and blankets they wove.
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