<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=441370" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Quick to Boost Children With Wit</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I once sought acceptance.<br>As a child growing in an environment.<br>Living amongst those I was told to respect.<br>With words untold...<br>I also grew to respect.<br>On their terms.<br>Since the same turf we shared.<br>Back then and during those times I yearned, <br>To learn! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But as I grew to understand from hard knocks.<br>Like throwing rocks at children.<br>And finding them and their parents...<br>Coming to my folks, <br>With not a smile on their faces! <br>Not a one looking...<br>As if they came to tell a series of jokes.<br>My yearnings to learn, <br>Took me, at times, away from my neighborhood.<br>Sometimes alone! <br>And for me this was good.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I soon came to understand...<br>Some folks didn't have a high degree of curiosity.<br>In fact...<br>Many couldn't read.<br>And those kids who could...<br>Were kinda ostracized from the 'hood'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And growing up in a huge family...<br>I kept my thirst for learning, <br>As a secret kept within me! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But today as an aging man...<br>I know how important it is, <br>To be who I am.<br>And I am quick to boost children with wit.<br>Encouraging them to be inquisitive.<br>And observe how minds empty of thought...<br>Will have their hands out, <br>With nothing in them to share or give!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=441370" data-title="Quick to Boost Children With Wit de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I once sought acceptance. As a child growing in an environment. Living amongst those I was told to respect. With words untold... I also grew to respect. On their terms. Since the same turf we shared. Back then and during those times I yearned, To..."></div> </div> </div>

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