Education and Motivation

I think it is okay not to be the brightest bulb in the tool shed. And I know I would only use that phrase in self assessment. But I am talking about motivation. The motivation to learn and to take up the reigns of change. In the US we do live in an advanced very rich nation. And by that, it should mean the motivating factor should be about progress and not so much about being a mathematician who decides that you can make a lot more on Wall Street, an old guy like myself would only hope. I wish I was only taught more about art and about how to live. Somethings if you live long enough you appreciate. The sound of the owl who wakes you in the morning each night around 4AM more than the train that comes down the pike delivering freight. It could be more of a youth problem, life. To envision enough to enjoy, and try to learn more about. So that you could show beauty in words / words which by themselves are not poetry. The fancy free rap does not come free, it is exhausted by cascading tumultuous social circumstance, where beautifully brilliant minds find their capabilities letting loose I think. I think a lot of things. And the surest thing I worried about early on was my own failings. Only later on did I realize I could not only help myself, but also help others. Education requires motivation.