In his view, most students who are disappointed by university had hoped that what they learned there could be put to use immediately. But knowledge can be said to have two aspects: "structure" and "application." Its structure is like building blocks; its application is how they are arranged and combined.
他認為，普遍對大學失望的學生，都是希望在學校學到的知識能馬上用，但如果從知識有「結構」和「使用」兩個層次來分析，結構就像積木，使用則是如何排列、組合。