There's more to an education than knowledge
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Reputed descendants of Newton's apple tree, at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden,
Skooter reports 06/30/13
Take note on this: Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why?
I’m sure you know what this simple sentence means. There’s no need to elaborate it, instead let me give you a good link to this issue, I mean a story.
When nine-year-old Shantee began having trouble with her homework, Mary Pinkney decided to set an example for her granddaughter and an older cousin, Alvin. She told a writer for Woman’s Day. Oh, not to me, I’m no woman nor gay. That’s not important who she was.
Pinkney went on saying, “Shantee needed help with third-grade math and I couldn’t do it. I knew then that I needed to go back to school, not just so I could help myself, but also to give my grandchildren the help they needed.
T o make this long story short, Pinkney had dropped out of grade school to get married, more than forty years before and was now 61 years old. Even so, she returned to school, attending at night while holding down a full-time day job at a seafood plant. It took her four years to complete her studies for a high school diploma, but she made the grade! Congratulations!
Shantee became an honor roll student in the process. As for Alvin, he was inspired to complete his own high-school degree and go to college. Alvin said, “She showed me I could do it too.” Mary was so inspired by Alvin that she joined him to study computer technology at Brunswick College!”
Well as I said, there’more to an education than knowledge. There’s also the inspiration factor – sometimes, inspiring yourself!
…get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Proverbs 47
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