What did you think

I'd like to take a moment and look back to the days who have long since seen the sun set on them. Not the recent days, whose memories are still fresh in our minds, but rather to the irrelevant past say, back to pre-school and early elementary school. I've come to find it rather curious that from these years I remember rather little. I have a handful of flashbulb memories but little more than that. Yet these are the years were I started forming social relationships and learned how to relate to others. It was also the beginning of my education. A process that has spanned over 17 years of my life and promises to have at least 5 more formal years ahead. Rather peculiar that I can't remember the beginning of all this. I believe for most their schooling defines who they are. I mean this outside of a context that implies a certian school commands that its graduates are entitled to a certain level or respect or what have you. I think that is rubbish. Rather, I mean to say that we often relate back to our time in school as a template for how things should be. We are often faced with situations in and out of the classroom whose form has changed over the years but at the core are the same. This person makes me upset, what do I do? I disagree, how do I explain to this person that they are wrong and an idiot without saying it that way?
But I've now come to question if that things we were taught still hold true today. I think it safe to say that a myriad of teachers in my life find their intellecutal capacity checked by that which I now foster as my own. I could say that this is how it is supposed to be as it is rather sorry the pupil who does not overcome his master. I can see the merits of this setiment but still think it quite strange that some of the people responsible for who I am would now in present day not be able to stand toe to toe with me in an intellecutal debate. I guess it is a frustration that we are in need of qualified teachers to help get our children reinvested in the sciences and mathematics. I honestly believe that teaching is one of the nobliest professions there are and in a broader sense a career, or vocation, in the realm of child upbring. (For lack of a better term). It is true that it takes a village to raise a child. Sure we have our parents to thank for bringing us in to this world and while they have the greatest influence on us, positively or negatively, we are also shaped and molded by the world as a whole. I don't think that I am challenging any prior thoughts on this matter or changing perceptions. Rather I just think it important that in this world we not only look to our elders but also to our children and make sure we are committed to giving them all the tools they need to be responsible adults. So what did you think as a youngster? Rather odd that the thoughts important then escape us now. For a time those thoughts were the most important things in our young world. Let us remember that things can only get as stressful as we allow them to be. Taking one breath at a time helps. We create the world we are in. It can be changed. It can be improved.