No one reading this inspirational piece has avoided education. Without education you could not be reading these words. It has been so long since I could not read, I cannot even remember those days. And I don’t even remember the slow process of learning how to read. I am grateful for all those early educators who must have had immense patience to hang in there with me. My memory tells me I was an above-average student when I was learning to read. I was not the brightest one in my reading and English classes. Girls always seemed smarter than the guys! I don’t even know when I began using the language of “education” to describe my learning process. When I was young, the whole educational enterprise was articulated as “going to school.” At school, I “learned things.” I was ok with that because there apparently was no choice. ...