[Vision2020] Politics and Education

[keely emerinemix]

I appreciate Jim's point.  As a matter of fact, my BA in Journalism 
(University of Arizona '82) perhaps even equips me to offer a further 
analysis; not surprisingly, it equips me for not much else!:

I place enormous value on formal education and am grateful for what I 
received from public schools.    In addition, and more importantly, I had 
parents who instilled in me a love of reading and a talent for writing.  The 
most important component, though, of mine and anyone else's education is 
that deceptively simple, almost quaint word -- "curiosity,"  that insatiable 
thirst to always know something new and different.

I want political leaders who are moral and intelligent, but without that 
spark of wonder that fuels the engine of intellectual and creative pursuit, 
I would hope they would please stay out of government and content themselves 
with merely being pleasant, helpful, and law-abiding.  I'm sure I could find 
a measure of respect, even affection, for George W. Bush if he were merely 
my next-door neighbor, and I'd find much less cause for lament for the next 
three years.

keely emerine mix

From: "Jim Meyer" <m1e2y3e4 at moscow.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] Politics and Education
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 07:58:19 -0700

All,
We live in a complex world. Only through education and sufficient experience
can one even hope to achieve an understanding of a reasonable number of the
world's complexities. (Without understanding, decision making must logically
be based on superstitition, emotion, or groupthink.) That in mind, I wonder
if there is a resource that attempts to list state and federal politicians
along with their education and experience. I want to know how many of our
politicians have mastered at least some complex subject? How many graduated
in a subject that can be mastered while partying every evening? How many
have no higher education at all? Does anybody have any ideas where such a
resource might exist?

It is time we valued education.Perhaps we should start with our
leadership......

Jim Meyer

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