Do you feel you learn more from Tolkien and the Downs than School?

[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

If you find a topic or idea that is too intense or too scholarly then perhaps that should be a warning sign that this one is maybe not for you.

If anyone ever finds themselves stumbling into a thread like thes, and after doing so realised it wasn't for them (I know I have) then do not feel ashamed. We learn from our mistakes, and that's not to say that going into a thread and getting in over your head is a mistake. And don't feel intimidated or left out because others seem smarter than you are. You may be surprised at how much you really know. I don't care if someone has passed the bar exam and is working for the largest law firm in the world while I'm sweeping floors at McDonalds, I won't let myself be intimaidated because I want to take all I can from a discussioin and give all I can. And that's not to say that I (or any of us for that matter) work at McDonalds, mind you [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] . What I'm saying is that you shouldn't keep out of a thread just because you feel intimadated. Try it out first, that way you'll know for sure. You can leave if you want after that if you can't keep up with the discussion or for any other reason, but you can keep going if you can, and want to of course. That's just my take on things like this.

people are more interested in drawing water as deeply from the well of wisdom [ via Tolkien] as possible

Just don't fall in [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] . And if you do, so what. There are plenty of other downers at the well to offer you their help if you need it.

It's more important to know your limitations.....Just post well wherever you do happen to post.

That's some good advice from Diamond18, and very ture. You sort of prove your point just by posting that (kinda wierd if you think about it).

Now, back to that question again. It's hard to give an answer for this, but I'll try. I say that I learned more from school. I have to go now so I'll post my reasons sometime soon.