Talk:School of Practical Philosophy

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[edit] Deleted personal comments

I would have been happy to see the following material here on the discussion page, but it doesn't seem appropriate as a part of the article itself. It also appears to have been someone's first contribution to wikipedia. Franzeska 14:33, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

The perspective spelled out in the attached link/website located under the Criticisms category above is pretty accurate as compared to my own personal experience with the school. I attended their introductory course and while I did learn much, and enjoyed my time there, at the same time, I had this very strong underlying sense that the school was not being completely forthright with the students, and that there was an underlying, ulterior agenda, that they did not want to make readily apparent to us. The 2-hour or so evening classes included a 30-minute meal break, which I always found rather odd. (After a long day of work, wouldn't most people just rather get the 2-hour class over with so they can head back home? Why add a 30-minute break to it?) During the 30-minute break, the students were expected to go down to a cafeteria of sorts, where a buffet-style meal was available for a nominal fee. It seemed that every time we went to the cafeteria, there seemed to be non-students (or "members" of the school it seemed, wearing either suits and ties or long flowy dresses) already randomly seated at various tables, as if they were "awaiting" us. They would always start very innocent-seeming, casual conversation with the students, but would never come out and identify themselves as being affiliated with the school. (I think they hoped we'd just assume they were students just like ourselves.) I believe that they were trying to "feel out" the different students, to see who might be most receptive to perhaps further "training" by the school.

I still believe that one can learn much from attending their classes, but I also feel you need to go their with your eyes "wide open".