Number two.

Number two.

Number two.

The second thing that I would do absolutely, and I mean I'd do it in a hurry, is I would break down the, um, m- maybe not totally, but I'd break down the time divisions in a day so that a child's time with a subject is not exact and only that at, uh, every single day.

I would absolutely break that up.

The notion that somebody can learn algebra in 50 minutes today and 50 minutes tomorrow, right, is absolutely untenable.

It's absolutely, positively untenable.

But how would, how could that be executed?

Take a listen.

I'm gonna tell you something that changed my life literally, and I mean this literally.

When an elder told me this years ago, it changed my whole life, and I'm gonna tell you why.

'Cause that elder told me a sentence that I still to this day have a hard time swallowing, but it has changed me.

He said, "The number one way people try to avoid responsibility is through victimhood." The minute you're a victim of anything, you abscond responsibility 'cause victimhood means something else has overwhelmed me and taken my agency and my power.

And when we choose our parents, you do not choose your parents because of the quality of the kind of people they are.

You do not choose your parents because of their perfections.

Mm.

Mm-hmm

... which I think is a s- rhetorical strategy in poetry.

Um, we, we do lots with vocal inflection.

You know, I come from the sermonic tradition in the Black church where, um, poetry is made perfect, you know? And, and so when I begin to think of our ancestors and, and how they came here with language already in their mouths, and yet they were forced in many instances to make room for-

Mm.

I don't care what it is.

It takes years to master anything.

So to any folks who are hearing this podcast- Do not be afraid of time.

Since you've been practicing the Pledge of Allegiance, are you guys ready to do that for the people listening? All right, let's hear it.

Congratulations on learning that.

That's fantastic.

That will serve you well the rest of your life.

Tell me about your experience with America

250.

I visited the fire department and the library and going to church and Awana and I wrote a letter to the president.