tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26869571.post115291272485135542..comments2023-11-02T09:09:23.836-07:00Comments on Wrong Dog's Life Chest: Shane C. Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04784077864606821321noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26869571.post-1153415589232426212006-07-20T10:13:00.000-07:002006-07-20T10:13:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26869571.post-1152941827946566382006-07-14T22:37:00.000-07:002006-07-14T22:37:00.000-07:00Emily,I agree 100% When I interviewed for my curre...Emily,<BR/><BR/>I agree 100% When I interviewed for my current job, I realized that I was competing with candidates from Stanford, Cal-Poly and such. There I was with a degree from the University of Montana. I resolved that it's not <I>where</I> you get your education, but <I>what</I> you get <I>out of</I> your education. <BR/><BR/>Almost all of my success is due to the hunger for learning that my father ( no highschool degree ) and mother ( associates from night school ) put into me. They taught me the importance of not just asking questions, but finding the answers. <BR/><BR/>It <B>is</B> parents responsibility to put this fire into their kids bellies. Let's face it though, not all parents are going to do that. That's when we, as a society, ask teachers like you to perform a super human feat. If you succeed in just some cases, then each generation will have more and more parents that understand the importance of helping their own children.Shane C. Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04784077864606821321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26869571.post-1152914268285407902006-07-14T14:57:00.000-07:002006-07-14T14:57:00.000-07:00We must further the belief that a good education h...We must further the belief that a good education has nothing to do with wealth. A good education has to do with the will to learn. The rich will always have the advantage when it comes to ammenities, but knowledge has nothing to to with money. <BR/><BR/>I am the product of a rural farming community. I went to an affordable college and did well because I wanted to learn, and I had an interest in learning. My life has never been about learning in order to make heaps of money. I think that's where the politicians get confused.<BR/><BR/>I have worked as an English teacher in several inner city schools, and the worst things I've been exposed to are the expectations from parents that school is to provide not only discipline for the untrained, but a hunger for information, when it hasn't been instilled anyplace else. <BR/><BR/>We have to stop being intimidated by the rich - they have great advantages, and that's great! I don't want to take anything from all that they have. Rather, I want to give everyone - the rich and the poor - what doesn't require heaps of money. We must put the love of knowledge and experience ahead of tit for tat equality. Then we'll be more equal than we've ever been. How? Stop promoting making money by graduating from a fancy school and start distributing funds to give more families more dignity.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14016867877481044425noreply@blogger.com