Not how I mean it. I do cancer research, but it's not fundamentally because I want to cure cancer. It's fundamentally because I have a passion for science and scientific investigation. I almost ended up in physics, and astronomy, and neuroscience, but my path took me to cancer research, and yes, I want to find a cure for brain tumors. Teachers and students are partaking in an activity that they value. If that activity is stripped of value, they are no longer teachers and students. I strongly believe that if we let things cease to matter, then we have surrendered to another master. We are here to live and die, not to get degrees and jobs. I think most things, are. However, sometimes people force or cajole others into doing things that denies their humanity.Overgeneralizing perhaps?
Isn't everything?