Most people probably shouldn't go to school

Re:Most people probably shouldn't go to school by cornewut on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @01:27PM (#8992157)

Non vitae, sed scholae discimus[1]

[1] Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, Seneca

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Re:Most people probably shouldn't go to school by kornish on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @01:35PM (#8992225)

In case anyone is wondering, this translates roughly as "We do not learn for school, but for life." [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_scholae_sed_vitae

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Re:Most people probably shouldn't go to school by jdminhbg on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @02:14PM (#8992542)

OP has the phrase backwards, which is either a typo or asserting that learning is being done for the sake of satisfying school requirements rather than for real life.

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