An Interesting Quote From Helen Keller

I found this amusing. I'm reading The Story of My Life by Helen Keller.

This book is in three parts, the first of which is an autobiography she wrote while still young and in school at Radcliffe. Being blind and deaf she had never had the sort of sit-in-class-and-listen-to-the-teacher schooling most of us are familiar with. For her, learning was an adventure and extremely interactive. Then, the rest of the time, alone within herself, she had always had plenty of time to think about the things she was learning.

Now, for the first time, she was forced to just sit and try to absorb what the instructor was saying.

But in college there is not time to commune with one's thoughts. One goes to college to learn, it seems, not to think.

As I said, amusing, and also thought-provoking.