I place a great value on education and real learning (not indoctrination); it is a process that has had a great impact upon my own life and the lives of many I know. There is a joy in the discovery and discussion of new ideas, facts and thoughts. It has, truly, the power to change lives, to liberate minds and to truly revolutionize the world...if only you let it! The process of education has, for me, been not only a life-changing, mind-liberating process, but it has been the process of helping to give me the tools that I need to get me through life; not mere information, but the tools of learning. These are the basic devices that any educated person needs; good reading skills, good writing skills, the ability to sort out useful information from nonsense in all its guises. Perhaps most important of all is the humbling realization of my college years; the fact of the matter is, the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know. Every fact illuminates three further areas in which ...
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