There is no subject like applied academics taught
in any school or university I know. Yet I think it is a very important
science. Nevertheless, I doubt that any university can teach a
person to apply what they learn for the simple reason that students have to
leave school to prove that they learned anything in school. Learning, in
school, is a waiting game. The game starts when you graduate. Reflecting
briefly on this last sentence makes you realize that you need to have a very
personal reason and very specific goal for going to college because academics
alone will do nothing for you in life if you cannot or will not apply it.
Academics gives you power to do everything that
relates to a degree, but does not show you how to apply knowledge. One reason
for this is that the context of application is so vast, varied and so tied to
personal circumstances that it is impossible for a teacher to prepare everyone
to deal with everything in life. This is the reason why teachers can only teach
principles. You have to figure out how to make those principles work for you.
This paragraph not only validates the need for training, but also implies that
training is a very specific science of getting people to do what they know by
equipping them with the know-how to do the job.
Unfortunately, there is a misleading global
assumption that people know how to use knowledge. We forget that there are
major gaps between knowledge and skill, between skills and expertise and
between experience and wisdom. These gaps are bridged by training. No amount of
knowing can change any - thing. But a little doing can change things by a long
stretch. Applied academics is about doing things, changing things. It's
about doing things right and doing the right things. Applied Academics
is about training a person for life.
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