3) Should education 'stretch a person do you think? (What do you mean by 'stretch'?)

Stretch: extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly; "Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"

By my knowledge, stretch usually means to over extend oneself in order to obtain something just out of reach. I believe education should work in similar ways. Learning at University should never be too difficult that one can not hope to understand it. However, in a metaphorical sense, learning should not be as easy as picking up the remote control and switching on the TV. Our education should force us to get up and switch the thing on ourselves!

As I was new to the Media course this year and have no experience in the field, I have definitely found the course to be a broadening experience. Some parts of the course required me to have knowledge of new technology, history or theorists. This I have had to read up on in order to catch up with the rest of the class. Other parts required my common sense and reasoning - for instance this blog often asks my personal opinion on issues or to explain a tricky contemplation in a way that makes it easier to understand. Both have stretched my knowledge and intellect, yet I have not given up hope on furthering myself, as every time I arrive at something that was out of my reach before, something else appears in the distance.