I've been thinking about how much we have here, in this time, that we can learn from. Just think about it: we can see the rule of Rome and its fall at the same time, as well as how it came about. We can read from such minds as Plato, Shakespeare, and Benjamin Franklin. We have amazing advances in science, physics, math, and the arts. And yet, how many people do you, the reader, know, who simply doesn't give a fig about any of it? How many people are there who don't know how many colonies there were at the start of our nation's legacy? How many don't know how to speak to anyone persuasively because their human interactions have all been "cya l8r lol" over the text screen?
If you can read this, remember to never take our educational advantages for granted. Always learn as much as you can now, so that the next generation can learn more than this one could. It's our duty, as has been the duty of anyone who has lived on the earth, to try to make the world better. To make the world better, we must make ourselves better. One of the best ways to do that is to educate ourselves.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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Anyone can post a comment, but posting a comment doesn't guarantee it'll be posted, just so you know. At the moment, comments for correction will be sent just to me, while all the other comments will, Very Likely, be published on the blog itself after moderation. I'll still read every comment, and reach out to you to continue the conversation if I can, but in the off chance it's not posted, don't take it personally. This is largely to maintain focus on the topics at hand, and to avoid the confusion and ugliness often visible in comment sections across the internet.
Then again, this too is something I'm trying out, so if it doesn't work, let me know that too! :)
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Okay....how do I get a kid like you?!?
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