Penny Universities

It is funny how thoughts wash up and over us in an instant and hold our attention for seconds, hours or days.  I just paid attention to this concept of thoughts as I was out in the wood shop tracing a pattern onto an oak board and this single directional thought rose up and sat on me as a wave. If you ever swam/surfed/boogie boarded in the ocean than you may have experienced a wave that slams down on your head and physically pushes you down against the ocean floor. There is really nothing that you can do except be calm and wait for the wave to pass. I only go through the trouble of building this description of water to serve as an analogy to best describe my being conscious to and aware of this most current thought that sat on me as a wave.  And that thought was PENNY UNIVERSITIES. If you go back a few hundred years to the principle cities of Europe there was coined a term called a penny university. This was another word for the coffee houses that were the hub of political openness, talks of revolution, news and other things that are social and peak the interest of men. In many of these coffee shops for the price of a penny you could get a cup of coffee and therefore be allowed to stay and listen, learn and speak. I believe that in this age of information (especially) that there are penny universities all around us. I can see the value in a proper education in one of our modern university campuses but far to many children are going. I don’t believe every child needs to or should attend a four year degree orientated university. Children have a four year degree in such and such and are actually less intelligent plus have large debts. There are many sources of knowledge that are completely free or very low cost that any one can access. I will attempt in the following weeks to articulate these penny universities and comment accordingly.

Oh, before I sign off, I would ask that if you have not tried my coffee at poconomountaincoffee.com that you should go there and buy a few pounds. The quality is great and the prices are right and it will help you think.