14-09-2017, 01:30 PM
A new exploration for the scholar can be like a quest for the Holy Grail. Scholars are often relentless in obtaining virgin sources of information, either through the process of intellectual research or actual practical experience. Either way, the scholar will not give up until they have absorbed a new area of interest, and will continue to pursue these forbidden fruits of knowledge until they have thoroughly and metaphorically tested everything they have to offer.
Some scholars, for example, could dedicate a lifetime to a particular study: a drug addict could be a scholar who methodically assimilates experience and adds it to his growing library of knowledge about past life. Although on the surface this may not seem the most productive way of obtaining information, for the Academician, there is no substitute for practical experience.
On the negative side, Scholars can become so free in their approach to gathering information that they do not speak of practical experience, but of THEORY. It is no wonder then to find a scholar who can write a fifty page dissertation on the harmonic approaches used by jazz soloists, but when asked to demonstrate that knowledge firsthand, the scholar can not even write down a note about a musical instrument. It is also the scholar who can give a long pontificate in the art of hanging the plaster wall, but when asked to assist in the task, it is difficult to even hammer a straight nail.
These are all humiliating episodes for the Academician, and most soon learn that the vicarious gathering of their knowledge through reading books alone is a poor substitute for firsthand experience.
Scholars are naturally attracted to the information professions, and the growing technology that has made the information highway so widely available lately via the Internet is an attractive form of eye candy for them.
Normally more reserved in expression than the other papers, scholars possess a unique sense of detachment that makes them excellent mediators, providing them with the necessary neutrality to relate well with all kinds of people. Generally not conflicted and relaxed, scholars are based and trustworthy. While their obsession with sometimes useless acts may be an occasionally daunting aspect of their personality, they make enormous contributions to the collective by recklessly testing things that others do not want to do. In an always diligent and methodical way, scholars are the same scribes of humanity.
Some scholars, for example, could dedicate a lifetime to a particular study: a drug addict could be a scholar who methodically assimilates experience and adds it to his growing library of knowledge about past life. Although on the surface this may not seem the most productive way of obtaining information, for the Academician, there is no substitute for practical experience.
On the negative side, Scholars can become so free in their approach to gathering information that they do not speak of practical experience, but of THEORY. It is no wonder then to find a scholar who can write a fifty page dissertation on the harmonic approaches used by jazz soloists, but when asked to demonstrate that knowledge firsthand, the scholar can not even write down a note about a musical instrument. It is also the scholar who can give a long pontificate in the art of hanging the plaster wall, but when asked to assist in the task, it is difficult to even hammer a straight nail.
These are all humiliating episodes for the Academician, and most soon learn that the vicarious gathering of their knowledge through reading books alone is a poor substitute for firsthand experience.
Scholars are naturally attracted to the information professions, and the growing technology that has made the information highway so widely available lately via the Internet is an attractive form of eye candy for them.
Normally more reserved in expression than the other papers, scholars possess a unique sense of detachment that makes them excellent mediators, providing them with the necessary neutrality to relate well with all kinds of people. Generally not conflicted and relaxed, scholars are based and trustworthy. While their obsession with sometimes useless acts may be an occasionally daunting aspect of their personality, they make enormous contributions to the collective by recklessly testing things that others do not want to do. In an always diligent and methodical way, scholars are the same scribes of humanity.