If You're Able to Read This...
In Honor of Teachers
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin
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If you can read this, it’s because a teacher taught you to read.
If you can understand what I’m writing, it’s because a teacher taught you how to engage with concepts.
If you’re able to order groceries or figure out your monthly mortgage payments or engage with critical thinking about politics, it’s because somewhere along the line teachers have taught you those skills.
There is almost no facet of our lives that hasn’t been impacted by the women and men who put in long hours to ensure that we have the learning skills necessary to manage our way through life.
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Education is the key to unlocking the world. It is the passport to freedom. Oprah Winfrey
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Education is not a privilege. It is a necessary right to ensure the well-being of every American and of the nation itself.
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If you think education is expensive, wait until you see how much ignorance costs in the 21st century. President Obama
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Kudos to all of you teachers for doing the heroic, sacred work of raising our children to read, think, imagine, create, build, add, subtract, speak, act, sing, engage with ideas, in the hope of raising generations of people who will live good, compassionate, productive lives.
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Don’t forget to check out this week’s The Wonder of Parenting Podcast: A Brain-Science Approach to Parenting. This week Michael Gurian and I tackle a mom’s concern about her moody teenage daughter.