Michael J. Fox for graduating seniors – you won’t be cute forever…
Here’s a great Friday story that deals with education, lack-there-of and getting it from life experiences. A Lesson In Life From Michael J. Fox
From NPR:
As the commencement season approaches, Fox, who proudly calls himself a graduate of the “University of the Universal,” has written a small book aimed at graduates, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future, in which he shares some lessons from his own life.
“I always felt that I came up short in the education department,” Fox tells NPR’s Scott Simon. “But I’ve come to the conclusion that we all get an education. And somehow over the years, I managed to get one.”
Fifteen years after leaving high school, Fox went back and got his GED at the urging of his 4-year-old.
Lesson In Economics
Fox breaks his book down into specific disciplines — similar to a degree program. Under the “economics” section, Fox discusses learning about money as a young working actor in Los Angeles. He says in his first year, he made about $50,000 — but spent $75,000.
“That was my first lesson in economics: That doesn’t work,” says Fox.
An excerpt for the book:
I recently picked up a course catalogue from Hunter College, part of the City University of New York. Reading through the curriculum, I recognized how my life experiences could fit into a prescribed outline for an undergraduate education: the one I had supposedly missed out on. Laying out a series of typical college courses, as described in the catalogue, can help make a case that I have, to some extent, fulfilled the requirements for each particular course while having absolutely no idea I was doing it.
I might have skipped class, but I didn’t miss any lessons.
You can read more from the book here
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