Weariness

I'm currently typing this as I take a break from studying. I have a test in about two hours, that accounts for 20% of my grade. Man, I shouldn't have taken a summer course (despite how interesting it is). I've been marathon studying for the last while, as well as apartment hunting; I need to find a new place in the next few days. And then my paper is due a week from now, and it's worth 17.5% of my grade. I'm starting to bend under the weight of my month of June. Being so busy is the main reason for my lack of blogging. Right now its just nice to clear my head. It's been severely overloaded over the past half a year.
Yet here is a speech that when I first watched it grabbed me right in the heart. once again the TED talks have managed to inspire me tremendously. As I write this, I'm sitting on the 12th floor of the Hall building of my school, and very much engaged and appreciating and loving my education. I tend to spend a lot of time reading, researching, and watching documentaries, so I'm always learning. But right now I'm taking this course on the inner solar system, and learning things I probably wouldn't be able to learn all on my own. During the year I take geography courses where I learn an immense amount about the world; the benefit of geography is that it crosses the boundaries between the other disciplines; sciences, geology, planetary science, social studies, anthropology, sociology, history, etc. It's a great time to be in my line of study, too.
And yet I retain a serious problem with Academia, which I developed in high school. My self-education at the time was way ahead of what I was learning then, and I came to recognize a lot of serious faults with Academia and systematic education. It was and is very boxed in, closed minded, near sighted, and divisive in its disciplinary emphasis. It teaches knowledge, but not wisdom.
So what a thrill to hear and see this lecture, from Liz Coleman, president of Bennington College. For me, this video is an antidote to weariness.





Hell, yeah.