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- Michael Rome
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- "Proust, cattle and self-governance"
- Summary: About the unique and little known Deep Springs College
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Review of Proust, cattle and self-governance
Michael Rome
Posted on November 09, 2004 at 10:19 AM
This piece addresses some intriguing educational issues. Are Colleges just engaged with the mind or is there more that they can do. Deep Springs is involved in so much more. The chores are one thing, but the commitment from the students, and their sense of responsibility to the college and each other is huge. These young men build and rebuild community with every entering class. Each new skill they learn is passed on to the next student who takes the previous student's place. This sense of immediate apprenticeship is not found in many places. The students are involved in so many arenas, academics, farm work, running the college, it is hard to imagine a more well rounded learning experience.