Ssshhh… Don’t tell that to our son. Who is earning his master’s while serving. While deploying. While marrying. While re-posting (moving). He doesn’t need to be reminded of what he’s missing.
But most of the comments on this thread miss a key point made in the article:
He pointed out in his 1948 book, “Leisure: The Basis of Culture,” that the word “school” comes from the Greek “schole,” which means “leisure.”
Most here are making their points using leisure to mean what @momofboiler1 noted:
Instead, the author is using the term to mean the time spent in academia rather than in the work world. If you re-read the article and mentally substitute the word “leisure” for “school” or “college,” you’ll better understand what he means when he says that school is not a “job.”
College is a unique time in your life to discover just how much your mind can do… it requires time — time to allow your mind to branch out, grow and blossom.
Leisure being the time afforded to education, free from a job, is the definition used in the article. Too many students are looking at school (leisure) as a job rather than as precious time free from that particular focus.