One Of The Things My Parents Taught

I Hope Many Of You Will Be People That Question Why Things Are And Why We Have To Do Them The Way We Have Always Done Them. I Hope You Will Take Some Risks, Exert Some Real Leadership On Issues, And If You Will, Dance Along The Edge Of The Roof As You Continue For Life.

Though Many Non-native Americans Have Learned Very Little About Us, Over Time We Have Had To Learn Everything About Them. We Watch Their Films, Read Their Literature, Worship In Their Churches, And Attend Their Schools. Every Third-grade Student In The United States Is Presented With The Concept Of Europeans Discovering America As A "new World" With Fertile Soil, Abundant Gifts Of Nature, And Glorious Mountains And Rivers. Only The Most Enlightened Teachers Will Explain That This World Certainly Wasn't New To The Millions Of Indigenous People Who Already Lived Here When Columbus Arrived.

Look Forward. Turn What Has Been Done Into A Better Path.

I Think The Most Important Issue We Have As A People Is What We Started, And That Is To Begin To Trust Our Own Thinking Again And Belive In Ourselves Enough To Think That We Can Articulate Our Own Vision Of The Future And Then Work To Make Sure That That Vision Becomes A Reality.

I Don't Think Anybody Anywhere Can Talk About The Future Of Their People Or Of An Organization Without Talking About Education. Whoever Controls The Education Of Our Children Controls Our Future.