"Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold" (v10). The first thing that came into my mind when I was reading this was my sister and her school in Baltimore. She has done some amazing things as principal in a historically underachieving school in a terribly depressed school district. Some of her stories just amaze me. Last summer, she was telling me how she convinced the school district to invest in her kitchen because the only thing the kitchen had was a microwave. Yes, you read that right. Hundreds of kids everyday were eating food that was microwaved. No oven, no warming trays, nothin.
At some point, there is going to be a breaking point our country where our lack of focus on education derails our endless infatuation with money. The problem is, I have no real ideas on how to help change the direction of the education system. All I know is how important it is to instill the desire to learn into our children.
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