As of yesterday, all 3 of my children advanced to a new grade level.\u00a0 Education is important in our family.\u00a0 Allow me to humbly share with you what I hope they learned…<\/p>\n
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If they learned to speak the languages of foreigners \u2014 but have not love for the foreigner \u2014 then the learning of language is pretty hollow.<\/p>\n
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If they unlocked great truths in history, social studies, or even in an advanced Lit class \u2014 comprehending all sorts of mysteries and knowledge \u2014 but know not how to apply that knowledge to a grace and peace for other people, then they really have learned very little.<\/p>\n
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If they learned about the faiths of the world \u2014 those invented by man and those backed up by historical documents and eyewitness accounts \u2014 but haven\u2019t learned to transfer that learning from the head to the heart, then the learning is by no means complete.<\/p>\n
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If they learned about sacrifice \u2014 noting that sacrifice prompted by the individual heart as opposed to demanded en masse is one of life\u2019s most beautiful, contagious examples \u2014 but yet give little away, then their intellect will have proved lesser.<\/p>\n
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If in chem lab they learn to build and blow up mountains \u2014 but have not concern for those impacted by the explosion and respect for the one who actually created the mountains \u2014 then in all reality, they still gain nothing.<\/p>\n
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If they scored incredibly well scholastically \u2014 surging to that top 10% \u2014 but care not about the 90% below them, then they will not have scored as they truly should have.<\/p>\n
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If they completely grasped both micro and macro econ, understanding supply and demand and economies of scale \u2014 but fail to have compassion on those the theories affect \u2014 then their economic education will be incomplete at best.<\/p>\n
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If they go further in economics, following economists who promote the politically-influenced theory \u2014 but spend with no specific, measurable means to repay \u2014 then their learning will omit the wisdom found in accountability.<\/p>\n
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If they have not learned love… if they have not embraced wisdom…<\/p>\n
No matter the higher the education… it will be less…<\/p>\n
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If any of us have believed that only a school is responsible for that education, then we as parents and role models will also be less…<\/p>\n
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Love is patient and kind.\u00a0 Love does not envy or boast.\u00a0 It is never arrogant nor rude.\u00a0 And it certainly does not insist on its own way.\u00a0 It\u2019s not irritable or resentful.<\/p>\n
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That means all these intelligent people… near us and in our neighborhoods… in our classrooms and communities… in Washington and in our work place… elected, appointed, or simply adjacent to us in some capacity… no matter their intelligence… no matter the loftiness of their rhetoric…<\/p>\n
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If they boast, are arrogant, or rude in their expression, whatever it is they actually have \u2014 from a Ph.D. to a Ph.Something<\/em> \u2014 it is by all means lesser… it is less good.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Respectfully…<\/p>\n AR<\/p>\n As of yesterday, all 3 of my children advanced to a new grade level.\u00a0 Education is important in our family.\u00a0 Allow me to humbly share with you what I hope they learned… If they learned to speak the languages of foreigners \u2014 but have not love for the foreigner \u2014 then the learning of … <\/p>\n