Dear Scholars,

The other day I opened a fortune cookie that said, “Only the educated are truly free.” Sometimes fortune cookies just know–they put into words what you’ve suspected your whole life.

Education and learning is the key to seeing “the more” in the world. The world is so much bigger than us. It reaches far back into the past and deep into the infinity of the universe. To try to understand those times and places is the highest form of freedom.

Our circumstances might sometimes be stinky, but books and ideas can help us go beyond them. And perhaps, they can help us change them.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck