Quote From: desertstar
It's really true what our grandparents say, Money can't buy happiness. I would never want a father who is always at work, throwing money at me so he doesn't have to say the words, I love you or worst yet never take the time to spend with me. I would never want to see my mom miserable over "things" and still yet on the hunt to get more things.
Not only did I see on the Dr. Phil show that Money doesn't buy happiness but Education (the physician's M.D. diploma) isn't the be all and end all of everything.
Education IS the "be all and end all to everything" Without an education, your mind will never be free. Education is the only thing that they cannot take from you, cannot reposess, cannot hold against you. Without an education you are trapped- maybe you will have lots of money, maybe you will find someone to finance your desires, but without an education, you are still trapped inside a box of ignorance. For centuries, the powers that be held captive people by denying them the right to read, to think, to explore, to discover. Nazi Germany encouraged athletes to be promoted to greater stature than the run of the mill person.And, to some extent now, the American powers do the same by glorifying sports heros, car races, actors and actresses, instead of scientists and people who are doing things to improve the world. Lets face it, if we never see another basketball game, or nascar race, we will survive. If we never find the cure for juvenile diabetes, many people will not.....
Education is the great equalizer. If you are a woman, or black, or poor, fat, homely, mutilated, disabled- none of that matters if you are educated. You can still rise above what hand you are dealt. What people may choose to do with that grand gift of education is up to them.
Never bash the power of thought.
