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I
swell up with pride when people make remarks like that. There’s hardly
anything else in the world so rewarding as knowing your words and your
work have transformed a person’s life for the better. That’s what I now
want to devote a huge part of my life to doing.
I’m
... on
fire
... about becoming the best teacher in the world. I especially enjoy
helping young
people before they are literally ruined
by our educational system.
My
stepdaughter, Natalie, is in college in Ithaca, New York. She phoned me
recently because she couldn’t understand the textbook being used in her
class on advertising. I had her read part of it to me and told her...
“This
is complete garbage. Anyone who can ‘understand’ this is stupid and
twisted... because... it’s all wrong... and even... moronic!”
My
daughter Cindy is a world-renowned marine biologist now doing important
research in Germany.
Other
scientists come from all over the world to learn from her... but... a
few years ago, when I audited some of her college classes, I was appalled
at the communicative incompetence of her professors.
Kids
make it today in
spite
of what they learn in school... not... because of it.
Another
of my “daughters,” Lorraine Vaquero, is 15 years old and a columnist
for the Miami
Herald.
(In fact, last Wednesday, she had two
columns in the paper.) She’s a great writer for her age and I don’t
want for her spark to get smothered... and so... I got permission
from her parents to let her take some time off school to attend my
seminar. And, you know what? Of all the rave testimonials I’ve been
getting about this new seminar, little Lorraine’s is the one I treasure
most.