“We mostly just worked.”

I interviewed my pops since I thought he would have some interesting things to say. He is one of the smartest, not to mention wisest men I know, with excellent diction and writing skills.

He grew up on a farm.

This is what he had to say about his childhood literary practices:

“Our family members did not do any reading for pleasure purposes, only from the Bible and what was done in school.  There were really no other books in our household.  We mostly just worked.”

It is amazing to me that someone who grew up on a farm in the Midwest with no real emphasis on reading or writing, could grow up to be the valedictorian of his college class (he went to Chico btw!). I guess the work ethic he gained from the farm transferred over to his studies.

One more interesting quotation I found was this:

“As opposed to learning facts and information common in my generation, current generations seem to only need skill in locating information available in electronic format somewhere on the internet.”

Sounds kind of like a concern for the younger generation, right? ;)