Stories from the Educational Underground: The New Frontier for Learning and Work

Smith notes that 80 percent of what is considered learning happens outside the formal classroom. [...]the case for personal learning is justified because emphasis is placed on the nontraditional path to education-along with the road of hard knocks. [...]Smith contends that personal learning is so credible that individuals are often unaware it occurs. [...]The Capstone-Michael's Story is the culminating account of persistence and grit over the course of a lifetime of ups and downs.