Masonic Education, brotherhood, or camaraderie between like minded people are non existent in most lodges I have visited or heard of. Those are some of the things I crave in masonry, but have not yet found. I know the lack of masonic education is a major gripe between most new MM. My views may not be popular, buts it's been my opinion of the fraternity that we are more concerned with memorizing work and not making mistakes, rather than learning what the work really means and what we are teaching a brother, and at the same time perfecting our memory and degree work. Most of what I learn is through books and online forums. I'm lucky if we get a 5 min short talk on a Masonic topic after spending an hour discussing a water bill and going over the minutes. I have visited several Lodges recently, and felt like a complete outsider. I felt the same way as the other brother did in the previous post,"why am I here, and not with my family." Yet, I still find myself going to meetings and degrees hoping it will get better, and I hope I always do. I'm bound to find what I'm looking for.