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cornewut
on Feb 3, 2015
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Most people probably shouldn't go to school
Non vitae, sed scholae discimus[1]
[1] Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, Seneca
kornish
on Feb 3, 2015
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In case anyone is wondering, this translates roughly as "We do not learn for school, but for life." [1]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_scholae_sed_vitae
jdminhbg
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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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[1] Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, Seneca