Last week (http://hscottcooper.com/contrasting-three-events-on-memorial-day-ea-may-31-2017/) I closed my editorial with the following paragraph:
“What encourages me about our time period in history, where our collective knowledge of these conflicting worldviews is so poor, is that we can rapidly improve our knowledge, if we are willing to make the investment.”
When it comes to making the needed investment, there are two critical points I believe we must begin with:
First, parents must be willing to make the educational investment in their children. Dropping them at the schoolhouse isn’t enough. To grandparents – if, for whatever reason, your children are not making the required investment in your grandchildren’s proper education, you have a civic duty, indeed a moral obligation, to ensure your lineage is properly educated. Your legacy depends upon it.
Second, we must begin as early as possible. There is a lot of focus this time of year on Graduation. Graduation from High School, Graduation from College and perhaps graduate school. If we look back in history, say a century ago – young men graduating from eighth grade had great expectations placed on them. Many had already become men, bearing responsibility for helping provide their families’ sustenance. Young women graduating from the eighth grade were also being taught to think about their role in providing for the family, both existing and future families.
This week, I encourage you to think about the young adults you know graduating from Middle School. I think two of the books which should be on the summer reading list for these young adults, ages 13 and 14, are:
The first book was actually written by two teenagers. Alex and Brett Harris, at the age of 19. Do Hard Things, A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations, in short tells stories of great teenagers from our history who accomplished amazing feats during their teenage years, and contrasted those stories with today’s culture where adulthood (responsibility) is actually being pushed further and further into an individual’s future.
The second book deals with Economics. In my opinion, we must educate all young adults entering High School the truth about Economics. Specifically, how government run systems created in the last two generations have placed a tremendous economic burden on them. Much of that burden, which they will bear, began prior to their conception! The author states, “this upcoming generation has been plundered and deceived.” Thus, the title of the book is Plunder and Deceit: Big Governments Exploitation of Young People and the Future by Mark Levin.
I am hopeful The Edgefield Advertiser will place my editorials online, so after your Middle School Graduates, or you, have read the books, we will be able to discuss the merits of their content online. They will be placed at my website, www.HScottCooper.com as well as my Facebook Page, www.Facebook.com/ScottCooperSC.
Here’s wishing you a productive week!
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