Don't Send Your Kids to College

And what about travel? Well, I'm not a big believer in that unless it's supervised. There's plenty of time to travel later in life. Right at home there's a plethora of opportunities that can far exceed the value of a college education at one-tenth the cost, and lead to greater experience and opportunities in career, wisdom and life development.

It doesn't take detailed knowledge of string theory to appreciate a sunset. And "ka," in addition to being a word that babies sometimes use, is also the Egyptian mythology definition of the human soul. Don't try to make things overly complicated to fool people into thinking your smart. Just make things as easy as possible and learn from everything around you, not just the classroom.

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