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I love this quote. Contrary to some religious cliches spoken by uneducated people living in fear, you are NOT doing something wrong by becoming educated and then relying on that education to help you make good judgments in life.
The best example of this for me is my eldest daughter, Rebekah. She is the most curious, knowledge seeking person I know. She has enthusiasm and energy for anyone and anything that comes alongside her on her journey.
After high school she decided to go to a unique school, St. John’s College, in Annapolis, Maryland. The curriculum is inspired by the Great Books collection that was published back in the 30s out of the University of Chicago. They study the major disciplines from the original source material dating back to the ancient Greeks and moving forward historically. They do the science experiments, the math problems, and discuss the philosophical issues that the great minds throughout history have taken on. All the students study the same curriculum and get the same degree, basically a degree in Philosophy and Math.
Her time there led her to find an area of further study that one doesn’t usually associate with an esoteric curriculum of Philosophy. She decided to go into Neuroscience. She is now a Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience at George Mason University in Virginia. She is what I consider to be a budding superstar in her field.
But here is the funny thing. She is still the most enthusiastic little girl when it comes to her life. She loves going into creeks and finding frogs and turtles. She loves video games and can whoop most anyone’s rear in Halo and any other hard-ass ‘boys’ games. She loves martial arts and singing in her Unitarian Choir. She will call me up and be talking about cellular biology with the same enthusiasm and joy that she had as a little girl talking about American Girl dolls or our garden in the backyard.
I love her for that and this quote is all about that love for her.
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Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
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