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Education and Experience

Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger put it simply: “Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don’t.” Both matter. One without the other leaves a person either theoretically informed or repeatedly bruised.

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Light but true distinction. Useful when talking about the limits of formal learning.

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