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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 5 May 2013

    .@ChrisBerghoff: How do you define the difference between education & school? // I care more for ideas than for definitions.

    1:16 PM - 5 May 2013
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      1. Dr. Dieu‏ @Mindied 5 May 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff school is where you go, education is what you strive for. Sometimes, training is all you get.

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      1. Haider Al-Mosawi‏ @haideralmosawi 5 May 2013
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        “I care more for ideas than for definitions.” @neiltyson // How can you have clear ideas without definitions? cc: @ChrisBerghoff

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      1. clorox cowboy‏ @matcatastrophe 5 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff School is job training. Education is being able to think and discuss.

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      1. Neel Unni‏ @NeelNASA 14 Jun 2013
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        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff Education is the things we learn as we pass through various Schools in life.

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      1. Neel Unni‏ @NeelNASA 14 Jun 2013
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        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff Education and School is like Light travelling through different media.

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      1. Mykie G‏ @MykGarren 23 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff education seems more about the journey through life. School just appears to be the packing before the trip.

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      1. Jordan Townsend‏ @preguntaquimica 16 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff School is a formal setting to present ideas. Education results from a self-drive to learn and discover.

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      1. Jamie Kizzee‏ @EduChildren 9 May 2013
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        “@neiltyson: .@ChrisBerghoff: How do you define the difference between education & school? // I care more for ideas than for definitions.”

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      2. Roland Kausen‏ @RolandKausen 7 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff Isn't it the case that IDEAS, by definition, must be DEFINED to be communicated, tested or applied? To define...

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      3. Roland Kausen‏ @RolandKausen 7 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff ...anything is to give it form & structure, without which it would be vague & ephemeral. Science & knowledge...

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      4. Roland Kausen‏ @RolandKausen 7 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff ...are EXACTLY the endeavors of defining ideas, of identifying & describing them quantitatively & qualitatively...

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      5. Roland Kausen‏ @RolandKausen 7 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff ...so they can be clearly understood, more broadly disseminated & reliably useful...

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      6. Roland Kausen‏ @RolandKausen 8 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff ...ideas without testable definitions are myths & superstitions that leave those holding them targets of frauds...

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      1. GreenEyedMenace‏ @axisofsmeagol 7 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff It was recently put to me that school was where you learned to be educated.

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      1. Lisa Radon‏ @lisaradon 6 May 2013
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        .@neiltyson the more important distinction is between “education” and learning

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      1. Daniels Life Blog, yo.‏ @DanielFasullo 6 May 2013
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        @neiltyson this relates, I just cheated on my chemistry exam because my professor likes to vomit information she read from wiki.

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      1. cncnorman‏ @cncnorman 6 May 2013
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        @neiltyson education is living & doing, a verb, while school is a building, a noun.

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      1. DaveBrickner‏ @DaveBrickner 6 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @ChrisBerghoff Ivan Illich warned us about absract values such as "education"

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