We Need to Get Motivated

I got myself up early this morning and went out to explore. I stumbled across a book that basically points out all our short comings. Out of all the economic issues, and the political problems, what stood out the most to me was American's education. The hours the average high school student spends in school and after school doing homework falls drastically short in comparison to other countries across the globe. Young adults in Europe spend from ten to thirty more hours in school and on homework, than we do here. This worries me. We are setting ourselves up to be lazy and this doesn't bode well on the horizon.

Wandering around the bookstore further, a table with "Idiot's Guide" books caught my eye. I thought to myself, "well, no wonder we aren't smart. We rely on books titled for idiots." I thumbed through a few, and yes, they are informational, but seriously abridged for easy reading. Now, being a former home schooled high school student I am not being prejudiced against the public school system. There are smart students that emerge, and thinking about it, I don't believe any system can decide whether you are intelligent or not. It is all individual.

So, what am I trying to say....

There is a world of education awaiting us. It shouldn't matter who studies the most, or who emerges with the most marks. What matters is that individually we want and try to educate ourselves and strive for intelligence. This is what matters. Use your methods, and go for it.