03.21.2009

I am eternally indebted and grateful to all those who have taught me, from my earliest childhood scribblings and utterances, to my present-day knowledge and skills. Some, if not all, knowledge eventually becomes obsolete, but if the perpetual curiosity is there then one is set for the road to further discoveries and, consequently, more knowledge.

It is precisely the reason why I find it laborious to tolerate my son's educators in Science and English. I haven't become intellectually superior and arrogant over the years; there is still so much to learn and numbers continue to stupefy me. The truth is, my inadequacies make me humble. Pretending to impart knowledge when you actually cannot, is another matter altogether. It is a crime against knowledge itself. It is superlative crassness. It obliterates curiosity and perpetuates ignorance. If my son's educators were like viruses, they would be like the Black Death, effectively decimating knowledge by the tens of thousands.