This unique and insightful book challenges our prevailing and often fallacious attitudes about schooling. In today s volatile job market, ideas are more important than training, innovation is more important than credentials; traditional schooling may no longer be necessary or even useful. The ability to educate oneself to learn how to learn is crucial. In Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar, James Bach demonstrates how to nurture one s natural curiosities and passions through the whimsical learning process he calls buccaneering demonstrating that those who understand this fundamental principle will come to dominate this new world.
