Sunday, August 14, 2011

Why Learn Something New?

I heard something profound as I popped into a classroom last week.  The teacher asked his students the following question, "If all you have to think about is the stuff you already know, then how long do you think it will take before you get bored?  How long before you go crazy?"

I watched the reaction, and the look on a couple of the students' faces as they processed the words was priceless. 

We're all familiar with they saying that knowledge is power, but as far as I'm concerned, it's about being an interesting person.  Don't you love talking to someone who just blows you away by the amount of knowledge they have?  If they are also wise, that's all the better :-)

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