21-11-2022, 02:29 PM
Sometimes we need reminding just how sophisticated a culture this mega nation really is...
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/30074...ng-society
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/30074...ng-society
(21-11-2022, 04:52 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: [ -> ]Actively learning challenging stuff creates new neurological pathways and new brain cells, countering age related degeneration. For that benefit alone it is worth doing...
(21-11-2022, 06:26 PM)Olive Wrote: [ -> ]That has reminded me of the now defunct University Extension classes that used to be held at high schools after school hours. There was a huge range of subjects at low cost. I can't now remember when they vanished but presume that funding was withdrawn and reinstatement has never been considered.
(21-11-2022, 06:34 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: [ -> ](21-11-2022, 06:26 PM)Olive Wrote: [ -> ]That has reminded me of the now defunct University Extension classes that used to be held at high schools after school hours. There was a huge range of subjects at low cost. I can't now remember when they vanished but presume that funding was withdrawn and reinstatement has never been considered.
Around the time education became a product that could be brought and sold, for a profit, rather than a universal human inheritance accessible to anyone who wanted it...
Lifelong learning - it is one of my passion subjects.
(21-11-2022, 02:29 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: [ -> ]Sometimes we need reminding just how sophisticated a culture this mega nation really is...Well no surprises here with their aging population due to a one child policy!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/30074...ng-society