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	Name:	Buteye -
	Subject:	Hey Buteye
	Date:	2/26/2013 1:11:29 AM (updated 2/26/2013 1:21:01 AM)

Gone Fishin: I disagree with your summation of why I was successful in my early educational endeavors. Several of my classmates came from very poor homes, some from broken homes, and many of their parents did not have a high school education. As I recall, from a class of about 35 students, only a couple failed to graduate. I believe one of the reasons for our success was because our parents wanted us to have a better future than they had. Parents encouraged their children and instilled in them the importance of an education for a happy and successful life. To this day, I still remember each one of my teachers and I remain thankful for their teaching ability and the desire they had to see their students succeed. Also, from your comments, I don't believe you heard the speech given by Dr. Benjamin Carson at the National Prayer Breakfast on February 7th. His mother was one of 24 children and she married when she was fourteen years old. She only had a third grade education but it was her desire to see her son succeed that resulted in him being the head of Pediatric Nuereology at John Hopkins Medical School. I consider his speech to be one of the best summations of what is needed today in our country. Please use this URL(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyyHegP255g) to watch and listen to his speech. I hope you will listen to the speech and then provide us with your thoughts about each of the key points he discussed. Also, you will notice that President Obama seemed a little perplexed as he listened to and watched Dr. Carson give the speech. Note too that Michelle aplauded several times, but the President wasn't quite as gracious.