Prophetic Musings

Thoughts from a small-town, old-fashioned guy living in the suburbs.

I have one thing in common with Will Smith

I know, you're thinking it's my dancing ability. But really it isn't. No, really. Have you seen him dance?

Amateur.

.......

OK, fine. I dance like Kevin James in Hitch. You happy?

Anyway, the one thing that I have in common with Will Smith. This quote from MSNBC (skip to the bottom and ignore everything about Paris Hilton):

Will Smith says he and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith homeschool their children because the most valuable things he learned he didn’t get from school. “The date of the Boston Tea Party does not matter,” Smith told Reader’s Digest. “I know how to learn anything I want to learn. I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space shuttle because someone else knows how to fly it, and they put it in a book. Give me the book, and I do not need somebody to stand up in front of the class.”

BRILLIANT! Someone gets it. I can learn better from reading about something than by watching someone do it. Just like Will Smith.

I shall now be getin' jiggy wit it.  

Published Wednesday, November 22, 2006 12:44 PM by clay
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Comments

# re: I have one thing in common with Will Smith@ Monday, November 27, 2006 12:16 PM

I can see that that is true for people with that learning style, but I know that I do better if I see someone doing things.  I think it's really cool for them to homeschool.  They can certainly teach to a variety of learning styles at home too.

RYC:  Wow, that would be an awkward last name...  I'd have had to think hard about taking that one on!  

# re: I have one thing in common with Will Smith@ Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:44 PM

From all I've seen and read and heard about Will Smith you two have other things in common. You're both GREAT husbands and Wonderful dads!