Between the Bars: Comments on 'Untitled'https://betweenthebars.org/posts/commentfeed/54252012-08-06T07:45:03ZComment2012-08-06T07:45:03ZMichael Ray Charles Green/people/show/578tag:betweenthebars.org,2012-08-06:/posts/5425//comments
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<span class='comment-date'>Posted 11 years, 7 months ago.</span>
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Comment2012-06-30T11:40:54Zpeterjmartel/people/show/5530tag:betweenthebars.org,2012-06-30:/posts/5425//comments
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<span class='comment-date'>Posted 11 years, 9 months ago.</span>
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Hi Michael, <br /><br />I'm in Charlie's workshop right now at the AMC. I did 14 years in Michigan prisons before getting out in 2008 and I totally agree with you about education. Because I did so long in the hole and didn't even have access to correspondence courses that you could pay for, I was determined to start preparing myself for the next chance I got at college by reading everything that I thought I had missed out on in high school. I went with literature, philosophy, and, eventually, some cultural studies stuff. It sounds like we may be interested in a lot of similar stuff. <br /><br />When I got out and got back into school I started at community college with a major in criminal justice. I transferred over to the University of Michigan (Flint campus) and switched to a political science major (I was sick of being in class with future guards and cops). Looking back, I wish I would've went with English, sociology, or cultural studies. I feel like it would've been more important education. <br /><br />That said, despite the barriers you face with getting a formal, recognized education, I strongly encourage you to keep reading good books. You might also consider writing to professors from the English or sociology departments from some universities.<br /><br />You'd be surprised by the content of many classrooms, and please believe me when I say that personal reading that you do, especially if you're reading challenging stuff, thinking about it, and writing about it, is probably a much better education than you would get in a lot of college classrooms. The instructions, questions, and push you get from some professors is wonderful and helpful, but I don't know that you couldn't get that from simply writing to a random prof, explaining what you've read, and asking her to push you on the issue a little bit (or explaining).
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Comment2012-06-19T05:46:43ZDeblegs/people/show/4973tag:betweenthebars.org,2012-06-19:/posts/5425//comments
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Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post.
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