Imagine a school where students loved to learn. Imagine a school with large bright windows and whiteboard covered walls. Imagine a school that was powered by the web. One where a student could learn anything they wanted. Imagine a school run by the community instead of the federal government.
The Federal Government spends 13,000 dollars a year per K-12 student in the United States. Imagine if every student was given a laptop and the Department of Education was closed and locked up. Imagine that every public school building in America disappread. What would happen?
Those with no passion, original thinking, or imagination think that the world would go to chaos. But here is what I think would happen.
Students would begin to learn the things they wanted to learn. State tests would be gone. There would be no standard to live up to so the level of expectation would be mastery in every topic studied. Imagine, just as community theaters are formed now, that community schools were built on the prospect that any student could attend to find a place of solitude and comfort, expanse of knowledge and individual or group mentoring sessions.
"Now wait a minute..." you say. "Thats not going to happen, ever."
Yes. Yes, youre right. It will never happen because the American people are too engrained with the belief that you HAVE to go to PS106 for 12+ years and you cannot leave until you have a diploma in hand. The public schools provide a source of babysitting for Americas parents as well as a twisted sense of security.
So lets do this.
Remodel the Public School for the 21st Century.
Instead of 50 minute, "one size fits all" lectures, have the student watch online videos and read articles about things they are interested in. Strive for mastery in schools, instead of a 95% grade.
Place students in rooms with students not their same age but with similar interests and knowledge bases. Because frankly, when, after high school will you be locked in a room with 30 people all born in the same year as yourself? A more probable situation is in a corporation with vast ages but similar interests or beliefs.
The public education does exactly what its supposed to. Provide mass training to every person on U.S. soil between 4 and 18. Every day is the same thing. You know beyond a shadow of a doubt that at 12:05 the bell will ring and every student will push toward the cafeteria. You sit passivly for 6 or 7 hours a day listening to 6 different teachers tell you the same thing you learned last year. As soon as you're done, you bolt for the door. What awaits you? Sports, clubs, part-time jobs, entertainment, homework, and by the time you're done, its 11 PM and you fall asleep.
The parent simply becomes something that provides a dinner and a bed.
Since when did Americans become robots?
Ladies and Gentleman. We are failing as a society because all we know how to do is follow the leader, avoid cutting in line and how to check the list off. The future will not allow us into its doors if the next generation is educated this way. We will instead be killed off, invaded, be made slaves of, or simply... turn to dust found in history books as a failed political and societal experiment.
The future leaders of the world are not average American educated men and women. They are passionate learners of the liberal arts. They understand how to think and how to lead. They love to learn from the beginning. Because they aren't forced to. They are given space and time to find why they are here and they chase that why.
Lets start chasing our whys and stop conforming to public education. I don't need a college degree from any university in america to be successful. I need love, passion, and I need to know how to think and how the world works and how people think.
I need the liberal arts. I need to know that I will be okay regardless of the path that I choose. I need to know that God has given me a mission and I need to fulfill that mission.
Imagine if that is how we educated ourselves and our children. Imagine...
Thursday, January 31, 2013
What I Like
Backpacks. I love staring at them, wearing them, using them and then setting them aside to rot in my closet. I have obsessive "gear" tendencies.
Swimming. It is hard. Refreshing. And silent. You can lose yourself in the water and often only think of swimming; nothing else.
Sunshine. One of the drawbacks of Alaska. Sunshine feeds me. And yet I am as pasty pale as a piece of wonder bread.
Maps. I love maps. Plain and simple. I dream of visiting th countries marked on them. Especially the ones nobody knows about. Like Baffin Island, South Georgia, Zambia and Djibouti, and Estonia. I dare you to find all of those on the map.
Captain America. Whats not to like?
Books. One of the reasons I was born in the 20th century. I need books. I cherish them. I have dozens of them begging to be read. Someday... (I really don't like that word.)
Clean Rooms. Cleanliness is super important to me. I take showers daily, clean my room every morning around 11 and like to clean bathrooms. Yeah. :P
Cool Gear. (See Backpacks.) I looooove gear. Clothing, helmets, accessories, shoes, harnesses... etc. REI.com, Promotive and Backcountry are some of my favorite websites.
Music. It heals us. Evokes emotion. Makes us smile or feel pain. We sing along regardless of our music ability and music is one of the most telling signs of whether a people are free or not. Think communist. and 18th and 19th century American Slaves.
Smiles. :) Dont they make you happy too?
When girls wear their hair up. Okay. This is obvious. Along with the thought of her wearing an old tshirt of mine. And walking around barefoot without makeup on. Pretty much makes me go all twitterpated when I think of it.
Meditation. Since when do only hippies and asians meditate?? Get with it people! This is one of the most underused forms of spiritual renewal and understanding. Westerners dont need more religion. They need more spirituality.
Honest, real life prayer. This one is pretty personal but... I think you get the gist of why I cherish it so much.
Day Dreaming. Where would the world be if we didn't day dream?
Studying of simpler times (i.e the past) Dont the 50's make you smile? Obviously our perception of reality is skewed when we think of the past as perfect but... Life has gotten so terrible of recent that its nice to look back at happier/simpler times.
Writing letters to my future children. Again. Fairly personal but... I cried when I lost my journal containing such letters. I dont journal much (Something I truly regret) but I do want to have something to share with my children in 15 years or so.
Liquid soap. Bar soap is nasty. Nuff said. :)
My buff. I wear this thing when Im in an outdoorsy mood. Around my right wrist. If you're an E2 or ENinja... youll know what Im talking about.
Baby pictures. (And babies in general) They make the world a better place.
My students at WI. Okay... Ill leave a whole post to devote to these special guys. They are hard working and dedicated. And honest. And I am privileged to work with the future of Williamsburg Academy.
Enders Game. Ive read it 7 times. The first time, I was 11. I cant describe exactly why I love this book so much. Its just... My classic.
Reading from my replica "first edition" Book of Mormon. It feels like the story. You don't get stuck on tracking how much you've read. You just read until you're done reading. It builds my testimony and gives me chills to think of how much sacrifice was endured because of this book and for me and my children.
Temples.
Toes. I will never understand this. But something about peoples toes tell a story. I realized earlier today that my toes are sorta... webbed. Maybe everyones are?? *shrugs*
Random hugs. Im not a huggy person but... I like hugs. Especially random ones that dont belong. Even if they take me off guard.
Bob. My stuffed animal dog from when I was 5.
Notebooks. Oh I love notebooks.
Space. Ive always wanted to stand on the moon. Everything is silent and the worries of the world seem insignificant when you back up that far.
Scuba Diving. Ive done it twice. Both times in pools. It was incredible and shocking when I went under for the first time and I took a breath.
Airplanes. A tube with a wings and a tail. They race down a runway and.... whoosh. They are in the sky. Never ceases to amaze me.
Wildlife. I miss seeing it so much in Alaska.
Hard work. I love that feeling you get when you take a shower after a hard days work. Its so satisfying.
On that thought, I love showers.
I like stalking people. Before you freak... look at it my way. I like human beings. They are fascinating to me. I love looking into their eyes and seeing their souls. I love trying to think up their stories. And I especially love just finding random people and discovering their stories.
Clean sheets and snuggling under a heavy blanket. I love heavy blankets. They make me feel secure. (One of the reason I miss Alaska. Heavy Blankets dont work in Florida.)
Okay. Heres the last one. Vanilla. I love Vanilla. Especially when girls smell like it. And I put vanilla in my orange juice. And my french toast. And I smell it randomly. The best Vanilla comes from Mexico.
Swimming. It is hard. Refreshing. And silent. You can lose yourself in the water and often only think of swimming; nothing else.
Sunshine. One of the drawbacks of Alaska. Sunshine feeds me. And yet I am as pasty pale as a piece of wonder bread.
Maps. I love maps. Plain and simple. I dream of visiting th countries marked on them. Especially the ones nobody knows about. Like Baffin Island, South Georgia, Zambia and Djibouti, and Estonia. I dare you to find all of those on the map.
Captain America. Whats not to like?
Books. One of the reasons I was born in the 20th century. I need books. I cherish them. I have dozens of them begging to be read. Someday... (I really don't like that word.)
Clean Rooms. Cleanliness is super important to me. I take showers daily, clean my room every morning around 11 and like to clean bathrooms. Yeah. :P
Cool Gear. (See Backpacks.) I looooove gear. Clothing, helmets, accessories, shoes, harnesses... etc. REI.com, Promotive and Backcountry are some of my favorite websites.
Music. It heals us. Evokes emotion. Makes us smile or feel pain. We sing along regardless of our music ability and music is one of the most telling signs of whether a people are free or not. Think communist. and 18th and 19th century American Slaves.
Smiles. :) Dont they make you happy too?
When girls wear their hair up. Okay. This is obvious. Along with the thought of her wearing an old tshirt of mine. And walking around barefoot without makeup on. Pretty much makes me go all twitterpated when I think of it.
Meditation. Since when do only hippies and asians meditate?? Get with it people! This is one of the most underused forms of spiritual renewal and understanding. Westerners dont need more religion. They need more spirituality.
Honest, real life prayer. This one is pretty personal but... I think you get the gist of why I cherish it so much.
Day Dreaming. Where would the world be if we didn't day dream?
Studying of simpler times (i.e the past) Dont the 50's make you smile? Obviously our perception of reality is skewed when we think of the past as perfect but... Life has gotten so terrible of recent that its nice to look back at happier/simpler times.
Writing letters to my future children. Again. Fairly personal but... I cried when I lost my journal containing such letters. I dont journal much (Something I truly regret) but I do want to have something to share with my children in 15 years or so.
Liquid soap. Bar soap is nasty. Nuff said. :)
My buff. I wear this thing when Im in an outdoorsy mood. Around my right wrist. If you're an E2 or ENinja... youll know what Im talking about.
Baby pictures. (And babies in general) They make the world a better place.
My students at WI. Okay... Ill leave a whole post to devote to these special guys. They are hard working and dedicated. And honest. And I am privileged to work with the future of Williamsburg Academy.
Enders Game. Ive read it 7 times. The first time, I was 11. I cant describe exactly why I love this book so much. Its just... My classic.
Reading from my replica "first edition" Book of Mormon. It feels like the story. You don't get stuck on tracking how much you've read. You just read until you're done reading. It builds my testimony and gives me chills to think of how much sacrifice was endured because of this book and for me and my children.
Temples.
Toes. I will never understand this. But something about peoples toes tell a story. I realized earlier today that my toes are sorta... webbed. Maybe everyones are?? *shrugs*
Random hugs. Im not a huggy person but... I like hugs. Especially random ones that dont belong. Even if they take me off guard.
Bob. My stuffed animal dog from when I was 5.
Notebooks. Oh I love notebooks.
Space. Ive always wanted to stand on the moon. Everything is silent and the worries of the world seem insignificant when you back up that far.
Scuba Diving. Ive done it twice. Both times in pools. It was incredible and shocking when I went under for the first time and I took a breath.
Airplanes. A tube with a wings and a tail. They race down a runway and.... whoosh. They are in the sky. Never ceases to amaze me.
Wildlife. I miss seeing it so much in Alaska.
Hard work. I love that feeling you get when you take a shower after a hard days work. Its so satisfying.
On that thought, I love showers.
I like stalking people. Before you freak... look at it my way. I like human beings. They are fascinating to me. I love looking into their eyes and seeing their souls. I love trying to think up their stories. And I especially love just finding random people and discovering their stories.
Clean sheets and snuggling under a heavy blanket. I love heavy blankets. They make me feel secure. (One of the reason I miss Alaska. Heavy Blankets dont work in Florida.)
Okay. Heres the last one. Vanilla. I love Vanilla. Especially when girls smell like it. And I put vanilla in my orange juice. And my french toast. And I smell it randomly. The best Vanilla comes from Mexico.
Ramblings
Life. Its never normal. Things are always changing. Events become more or less important. School changes. You feel smaller or bigger in this world. Time speeds or slows. Lists get checked off or thrown aside. You make mistakes or redeem yourself. You become happy or get sad. The music you play changes and you grow.
But, for the moment, life seems to be back to normal. Im home from Texas, Im back to teaching. I have a huge list by my bookshelf of things I need to do. I should be preparing to teach a class today but my mind is on other things.
Last night, I felt small. Now... Im a fairly large guy. 6'1. But for some reason around midnight, after being unable to fall asleep, I felt like a child. Insecure. Small. Unsure. Im not sure what it was....
And the feeling faded just as quickly as it came. I sank into bed and dreamed the night away. Thats another thing. I don't ever have dreams. At least... its very rare. But for the past 3 days in a row, Ive had dreams.
I want to change the world. I am blessed to know many youth who also want to change the world. And by change to world... I don't mean... be the next Michael Jordan or Brittany Spears. I mean that these youth want to do good works, and would rather give than take.
In many ways... My friends are very liberal. Not politically. But.... socially? We love to help others. We believe that the best idea, not the highest authority, should be heard. And we are passionate about what we believe.
My best friend and I refer to it as "Conservative Hippiness."
Which pretty well sums it up. We are conservative both politically and morally. And yet.... Intellectually..... Individually... We have a streak of hippie in us that few of us can trace to our parents.
I love it. :)
I have big plans. Not in any particular order, they include:
Go on an LDS mission. Start my own business. Rock Climb. Mountaineer. Climb the Seven Summits. Scuba Dive in Guam and snorkel off the coast of Australia. Travel to Africa and help in as many ways as I can. Meditate in the temples of Asia. Fly with the birds. Save lives. Get a Masters Degree. Have lots of children. Travel to little places that are lost from maps. Speak to the world. Bike across the United States. Join the Air Force. Start an outdoor school. Work as a NOLS instructor. Teach english to school children in Kiev. Sail down the Americas. Live in a foreign country. Tell my story.
Any sensible person will tell me doing even a few of those things is improbable. The "adventure years" of my life are quickly fading and soon I will have a wife, children, a career, church callings, college, debt, and Ill just get into the daily grind.
Maybe so. But... I have some things that few people have.
First, I have an example from my parents of how to love, laugh, and have adventures every single day. My parents are one of the very few examples I have of how I want my wife and I to be. They have the best relationship I have ever seen.
Second, I have incredible friends. For thousands of years, people were limited by geography to the people they associated with. I have had the incredible blessing of associating with like minded youth across the country, and even world. They believe the same things I do and we are strong together.
But, for the moment, life seems to be back to normal. Im home from Texas, Im back to teaching. I have a huge list by my bookshelf of things I need to do. I should be preparing to teach a class today but my mind is on other things.
Last night, I felt small. Now... Im a fairly large guy. 6'1. But for some reason around midnight, after being unable to fall asleep, I felt like a child. Insecure. Small. Unsure. Im not sure what it was....
And the feeling faded just as quickly as it came. I sank into bed and dreamed the night away. Thats another thing. I don't ever have dreams. At least... its very rare. But for the past 3 days in a row, Ive had dreams.
I want to change the world. I am blessed to know many youth who also want to change the world. And by change to world... I don't mean... be the next Michael Jordan or Brittany Spears. I mean that these youth want to do good works, and would rather give than take.
In many ways... My friends are very liberal. Not politically. But.... socially? We love to help others. We believe that the best idea, not the highest authority, should be heard. And we are passionate about what we believe.
My best friend and I refer to it as "Conservative Hippiness."
Which pretty well sums it up. We are conservative both politically and morally. And yet.... Intellectually..... Individually... We have a streak of hippie in us that few of us can trace to our parents.
I love it. :)
I have big plans. Not in any particular order, they include:
Go on an LDS mission. Start my own business. Rock Climb. Mountaineer. Climb the Seven Summits. Scuba Dive in Guam and snorkel off the coast of Australia. Travel to Africa and help in as many ways as I can. Meditate in the temples of Asia. Fly with the birds. Save lives. Get a Masters Degree. Have lots of children. Travel to little places that are lost from maps. Speak to the world. Bike across the United States. Join the Air Force. Start an outdoor school. Work as a NOLS instructor. Teach english to school children in Kiev. Sail down the Americas. Live in a foreign country. Tell my story.
Any sensible person will tell me doing even a few of those things is improbable. The "adventure years" of my life are quickly fading and soon I will have a wife, children, a career, church callings, college, debt, and Ill just get into the daily grind.
Maybe so. But... I have some things that few people have.
First, I have an example from my parents of how to love, laugh, and have adventures every single day. My parents are one of the very few examples I have of how I want my wife and I to be. They have the best relationship I have ever seen.
Second, I have incredible friends. For thousands of years, people were limited by geography to the people they associated with. I have had the incredible blessing of associating with like minded youth across the country, and even world. They believe the same things I do and we are strong together.
Third... I live in a time that is full of unsurety and decay. I live in a fourth turning. Normal is the least of anyones worries. I may very well be called off to war, be ridden with disease, face financial or governmental collapse... The possibilities are endless. In such a time, I will surely change the world.
That being said, right now, I am still a teenager. Its hard. I have three years before I can really do anything. Im not sure whether to wait on pins and needles until then or if I should just.... carpe diem.
I dont plan to do anything that normal teens would do in the next three years.I am contemplating college but if I do go, it will be for a single semester. I will be climbing mountains for a month in preparation to start an outdoor school. Having a girlfriend is nowhere on my list. I want to read the book of mormon at least a few times this summer. I am waiting for news of a backpacking trip this summer. As well as working at Elevation as a trail guide. My cousin and I have bet each other that we will both be well past 20 years old before we kiss a girl. Im still wondering if thats morbid or not. :P I guess I've always just wanted to save that for the right girl. Ill find her when I find the girl thats saved her kiss for me as well.
I am reading Les Mis right now. Even though I have so much more I "should" be doing.
Okay. So... This was just me rambling. But Its 9:00 and I have 22 tweenagers to lead through a book discussion. Gosh I love them. They make work fun. I love it. Even through I'm working 30+ hours overtime without pay. Haha. Thats how it is for all burger coaches and mentors. We do it for love. Not money.
Well my friends... have an incredible day. And... never forget who you are. Im always here if you need to talk. :)
Jacob
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Everything: Part 1
Hey there....
Its been a while and I have so much to talk about.
Julia Howard :)
The Liberal Arts
Leadership Education
My LDS Mission
Spirituality
Travel
Ambition (Im excited about this one.)
So I suppose Ill start at the start.
Who is Julia Howard? A 5'7 brown eyed beauty. And my best friend in the entire world. I just returned from a short stay with her family and had the most refreshing weekend since... Elevation in April.
We stayed up for hours a day just talking. Spending time with each other. Basking in the blessings that our mutual school, Williamsburg Academy, has provided us: quality friends, similar interests and the same values.
Her family was incredible and made me feel at home. Her brothers became my friends and her sister even hugged me in the end! :)
I felt empty as I walked through Hobby Airport to board my plane. A piece of me had just been taken away. Or rather... I left it. But alas. Life goes on. And life is good. But I have a feeling Ill be seeing more of Miss Howard in the future. :)
The Liberal Arts. Something I was, probably by divine nature, made passionate. I wasnt always homeschooled but I have always been fascinated with history, philosophy, speaking, writing and languages.
And at Williamsburg that fascination turned into a burning love. And that fire still burns. It isn't easy being an artist in a world of trainees.
The older I get the more liberal I find my personal and interpersonal beliefs. I value equality, authenticity, spirituality, and circles. Not squares. I believe in being different. And embracing that difference. (But trust me, if you spout the words democracy, executive orders or change and hope.... I wont join you for a nice friendly political chat.)
I believe that the world will come crashing down sometime in my generations prime. I will have to pick up the pieces of a broken society and rebuild it. And heres what I think. Math and Science aren't worth crap when you're a leader. We have become so square, so technical, and so career driven since the tech boom of the mid 20th century that we fail to see the importance of the liberal arts.
I think everybody should be able to do a math problem and describe the difference between shale and sandstone. But lets think about something for a second.
When do civilizations fall? It starts with a lack of morality and a growth in overindulgence. Think the roarin' twenties.
At the same time, people spend less time getting and education and more time gaining job training because why? They want money so they can spend it on frivolous things.
So we have less morality, and less education, but an increase in money. Which is a false sense of security. Real security comes from family (morals) and the ability to think (education; not job training)
With this false sense of security, we do stupid things with our money and after 10- 20 years there is a crash. Think 1929.
The people lack morality and education and now they lack any security so what do they do? Elect those who they believe will give them back that security. And in doing so, they trade their freedom for this security they are so desperate for.
This all applies very well to the 1920s and 30s. But, dear reader, it applies right now.
We spent the 1980's and 90's entertaining ourselves. Education went out of the window. (Or was it ever there?) Job training and a good career became the most important thing in our parents generation. And morality? Ha!! Yeah right.
And in 2009 we suffered the worse economic crash since the great depression. With our lack of education we have elected leaders who promise security and in doing so, take away our freedom. And because we are only trained... we do not see that it will lead to a fall of society as we have known it.
I see people on TV stockpiling guns, gas masks and canned food. Which I think is a very smart thing. But I think we also need to be stockpiling our knowledge. We need to learn how to think. Its our turn Generation X. We have to spend the precious time we have learning the Liberal Arts and HOW TO THINK. Because the world *will* need leaders. And when it gets so bad that they want more than security, they will have very few good leaders to choose from.
Careers are great. College is... fairly important. But education is everything. So think about that. Think about what you believe truth is. Find your path that The Creator is willing to lead you down. And find your purpose.
Because trust me: We live and grow up in a choice time, God has a mission for you, and we are still stuck in a relic of the past. College, Jobs, Money and Security are old words that belong to our parents. And they made a great go at it. I love them for the comfy life they gave us.
But now its our turn to find the words that will define us. I hope they are something like Family, Freedom, God and a true Liberal Arts Education.
Okay. I have to go teach classes at one of the best schools in the world: Williamsburg. Ill continue this later.
Its been a while and I have so much to talk about.
Julia Howard :)
The Liberal Arts
Leadership Education
My LDS Mission
Spirituality
Travel
Ambition (Im excited about this one.)
So I suppose Ill start at the start.
Who is Julia Howard? A 5'7 brown eyed beauty. And my best friend in the entire world. I just returned from a short stay with her family and had the most refreshing weekend since... Elevation in April.
We stayed up for hours a day just talking. Spending time with each other. Basking in the blessings that our mutual school, Williamsburg Academy, has provided us: quality friends, similar interests and the same values.
Her family was incredible and made me feel at home. Her brothers became my friends and her sister even hugged me in the end! :)
I felt empty as I walked through Hobby Airport to board my plane. A piece of me had just been taken away. Or rather... I left it. But alas. Life goes on. And life is good. But I have a feeling Ill be seeing more of Miss Howard in the future. :)
The Liberal Arts. Something I was, probably by divine nature, made passionate. I wasnt always homeschooled but I have always been fascinated with history, philosophy, speaking, writing and languages.
And at Williamsburg that fascination turned into a burning love. And that fire still burns. It isn't easy being an artist in a world of trainees.
The older I get the more liberal I find my personal and interpersonal beliefs. I value equality, authenticity, spirituality, and circles. Not squares. I believe in being different. And embracing that difference. (But trust me, if you spout the words democracy, executive orders or change and hope.... I wont join you for a nice friendly political chat.)
I believe that the world will come crashing down sometime in my generations prime. I will have to pick up the pieces of a broken society and rebuild it. And heres what I think. Math and Science aren't worth crap when you're a leader. We have become so square, so technical, and so career driven since the tech boom of the mid 20th century that we fail to see the importance of the liberal arts.
I think everybody should be able to do a math problem and describe the difference between shale and sandstone. But lets think about something for a second.
When do civilizations fall? It starts with a lack of morality and a growth in overindulgence. Think the roarin' twenties.
At the same time, people spend less time getting and education and more time gaining job training because why? They want money so they can spend it on frivolous things.
So we have less morality, and less education, but an increase in money. Which is a false sense of security. Real security comes from family (morals) and the ability to think (education; not job training)
With this false sense of security, we do stupid things with our money and after 10- 20 years there is a crash. Think 1929.
The people lack morality and education and now they lack any security so what do they do? Elect those who they believe will give them back that security. And in doing so, they trade their freedom for this security they are so desperate for.
This all applies very well to the 1920s and 30s. But, dear reader, it applies right now.
We spent the 1980's and 90's entertaining ourselves. Education went out of the window. (Or was it ever there?) Job training and a good career became the most important thing in our parents generation. And morality? Ha!! Yeah right.
And in 2009 we suffered the worse economic crash since the great depression. With our lack of education we have elected leaders who promise security and in doing so, take away our freedom. And because we are only trained... we do not see that it will lead to a fall of society as we have known it.
I see people on TV stockpiling guns, gas masks and canned food. Which I think is a very smart thing. But I think we also need to be stockpiling our knowledge. We need to learn how to think. Its our turn Generation X. We have to spend the precious time we have learning the Liberal Arts and HOW TO THINK. Because the world *will* need leaders. And when it gets so bad that they want more than security, they will have very few good leaders to choose from.
Careers are great. College is... fairly important. But education is everything. So think about that. Think about what you believe truth is. Find your path that The Creator is willing to lead you down. And find your purpose.
Because trust me: We live and grow up in a choice time, God has a mission for you, and we are still stuck in a relic of the past. College, Jobs, Money and Security are old words that belong to our parents. And they made a great go at it. I love them for the comfy life they gave us.
But now its our turn to find the words that will define us. I hope they are something like Family, Freedom, God and a true Liberal Arts Education.
Okay. I have to go teach classes at one of the best schools in the world: Williamsburg. Ill continue this later.
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