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Education is not about self-esteem. Education is demeaning. It should be about teaching you what you don’t know, what you yet need to know, how much there is yet to do. Part of the process of education is teaching you that you are related to people who are not you, not your parents — that you are related to black runaway slaves and that you are related to suffragettes in the 19th century and that you are related to Puritans. That you are related to some continuous flow of ideas, some linkage, of which you are the beneficiary, the most recent link.
— Richard Rodriguez
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Today is Wednesday, October 26th, the 299th day of 2022. There are 66 days left in the year. It is Chicken Fried Steak Day (in Texas), Horseless Carriage Day, Mincemeat Pie Day, National Pumpkin Day, National Day of the Deployed, and National Mule Day.
On This Day
In 1774, the first Continental Congress adjourned.
In 1825, the Erie Canal opened.
In 1881, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday participated in a legendary gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona.
In 1936, the first electric generator at Hoover Dam went into full operation.
In 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf ended with an overwhelming American victory.
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