Posted on 11/06/2013 9:57:37 AM PST by jazusamo
As a child in elementary school, I was the epitome of an underachiever. You could always count on me to get the lowest score on a test, because I lacked even the basic knowledge of an unsophisticated street kid.
I secretly admired the smart children in school and wondered how they always seemed to know the answers to any question the teachers would ask. I would have been doomed to failure but my mother, who was a domestic, keenly observed that her employers did a great deal of reading. She determined that my brother and I would become avid readers in the hope that we would emulate them. We resisted the change from our entertainment-focused lives, but because of her tenacity, my mother always prevailed in the end.
One day, I noticed that I, too, knew most of the answers to the questions the teacher was asking, because I had recently been reading about the subject matter at hand. I was inspired to read everything I could get my hands on, and my academic ascension quickly landed me at the head of the class.
Reading made me knowledgeable and completely changed my perception of myself and the world around me. I began to question things and to study subjects on my own, and I took great joy in astounding adults with my knowledge. The point here is, my perceptions of the world and my role in it were drastically altered by the accumulation of knowledge.
The Founders of America said that our system of government was based on a well-informed and educated populace. Such people could not be easily led by less-than-honest politicians or by a press with an agenda that was politically biased. There was a time in America when basic knowledge and education were highly valued...
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What?
A while back someone posted that he reminds them of Sowell in the way he thinks and reasons things out and I can see the similarities.
He’s a brilliant guy with a lot of common sense.
It’s true..... started yesterday
Really?
I’ll watch.
Super sweet guy and beyond informed opinion.
Love how he educates while smiling and just being a simply plain guy.
Makes me want to grow a goatee....not...
You’re right but I saw some comments like that when he first started speaking out.
What do you have against goatees? /s /s /s
LOL! Goatees should be Zotted:)
That reminds me. I gotta shave.
Good on Dr Carson. Don’t forget sports.
ENJOY... DEMOCRATS FOR KARL MARX PRESIDENT IN 2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0azojPPRhw
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
Ayn Rand
ENJOY... DEMOCRATS FOR KARL MARX PRESIDENT IN 2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0azojPPRhw
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
Ayn Rand
-——Super sweet guy and beyond informed opinion——
He uses words as a super sharp stiletto
He inserts it between ribs so smoothly, with an ever so deft twist, the victim is had and never sees it coming.
Ibwas thinking the stilleto ended up onnthe eye or the the corner of the eye of.
Nice analogy
Thank you again for the ping. Gives me great pleasure to read such wisdom and common sense.
Dr. Carson would make a great President.
My pleasure, FRiend...Dr. Carson is indeed a breath of fresh air.
I think so too.
I think Roger Ailes thinks so too.
Thanks for the ping. As always, Carson’s piece is well-reasoned and well-written.
But, sadly, the truth is that the people who are not really informed do not love this country and are likely to continue on blithely with their obsession with entertainment. And the progressives are counting on their continued ignorance of the real issues.
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