Wisest person I ever met in my life--a third grade droppout

[Tater]

One of the best speeches I've ever seen. Very inspirational.


[video=youtube_share;ewTyltKvB2Q]http://youtu.be/ewTyltKvB2Q[/video]

 

[Hawkeye OG]

I don't know how to feel after watching that. At one point, I wanted to run through a brick wall and then at one point I wanted to cry. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ares]

Dude reminds me of Von Miller

 

[Tater]

I don't know how to feel after watching that. At one point, I wanted to run through a brick wall and then at one point I wanted to cry. Thanks for sharing.

Went through the same emotions here.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Dude reminds me of Von Miller

I tried to tell Jack Lamesz that Isiah Irving was Von Miller and he told me to slow my role. ****ing h8er

 

[Burque]

Dude reminds me of Von Miller

Von Miller the farmer?

 

[The Hawk]

Awesome speech. Who was that guy and where was he speaking? Thanks for sharing it.

 

[Tater]

Awesome speech. Who was that guy and where was he speaking? Thanks for sharing it.

It's Dr. Rick Rigsby , not sure where the speech was given though.

 

[Crystallas]

It's Dr. Rick Rigsby , not sure where the speech was given though.

It was to a bunch of third graders. Mm-Hmm

 

[AussieBear]

so the wisest ppl are cooks??

 

[Hawkeye OG]

so the wisest ppl are cooks??

Just a simple cook.

 

[Tater]

so the wisest ppl are cooks??

Yes, but U.S. based only.

 

[Crystallas]

For what it's worth, that was an awesome speech. And I strongly agree with the sentiment that of the nicest, most honest, caring, and smartest people I have ever met, the majority have been drop outs. Not something that is a popular sentiment in the university machine era we live in today. Strange enough, a number of those highly regarded in the university system also have echoed similar sentiments. Noam Chomsky got in trouble for saying the smartest people he had ever met all had limited or no schooling at all. Logically, instead of defending one position (pro/anti-education) it's more interesting IMO to understand why this is the case. The fact that the wisest person the speaker ever met was #1, his father, but #2, unschooled, speaks volumes about not discriminating against a source for wisdom. As he says, it comes from the most unlikely of places and that is a very accurate statement that demonstrates a lot of life experience.

 

[AussieBear]

Yes, but U.S. based only.

a wise cook would tell you the usa doesnt really exist. its all make balieb. only manipulated n trained humans believe it exists...

 

[The Hawk]

For what it's worth, that was an awesome speech. And I strongly agree with the sentiment that of the nicest, most honest, caring, and smartest people I have ever met, the majority have been drop outs. Not something that is a popular sentiment in the university machine era we live in today. Strange enough, a number of those highly regarded in the university system also have echoed similar sentiments. Noam Chomsky got in trouble for saying the smartest people he had ever met all had limited or no schooling at all. Logically, instead of defending one position (pro/anti-education) it's more interesting IMO to understand why this is the case. The fact that the wisest person the speaker ever met was #1, his father, but #2, unschooled, speaks volumes about not discriminating against a source for wisdom. As he says, it comes from the most unlikely of places and that is a very accurate statement that demonstrates a lot of life experience.

I agree with you entirely. My father dropped out of school at the age of 13 to go to work in the steel mills after my grandfather lost his small farm in Indiana. He used his brother's ID to get the job. Dad wasn't book smart but he could do almost anything and what he didn't know he learned. I learned a lot from him about the value of hard work and life in general. There is a difference between wisdom and being book smart or "learned" for sure.