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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

When I finishedelementary school, and they assigned meto a junior high school in a very...

When I finished
elementary school, and they assigned me
to a junior high school in a very bad neighborhood, he told me that
you can get transferred

Full Transcript

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When I finished elementary school,
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and they assigned me to a junior high school
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in a very bad neighborhood,
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he told me that you can get transferred.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:27
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Free To Choose Enterprise

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Movie Summary

Traces Thomas Sowell's journey from humble beginnings to the Hoover Institution, becoming one of our era's most controversial economists, political philosophers, and prolific authors.
And I got transferred to a much better school. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
And I got transferred to a much better school.
Had I gone to that other school, again, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
Had I gone to that other school, again,
He would become a firm believer in allowing parents - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:19
He would become a firm believer in allowing parents
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40 years ago, I received a far better education in Harlem - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
40 years ago, I received a far better education in Harlem
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This is a charter school, an example of educational choice - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
This is a charter school, an example of educational choice
For Tom, this is education done right. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:04
For Tom, this is education done right.
Professor Sowell has been a leader in supporting - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:13
Professor Sowell has been a leader in supporting
I think we particularly need that - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
I think we particularly need that
Back in 1978, when there was a push - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
Back in 1978, when there was a push
In their words, "The least educated, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:12
In their words, "The least educated,
I grew up in Harlem, and the schools there - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
I grew up in Harlem, and the schools there
And so you have generations of kids - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
And so you have generations of kids
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They are given the autonomy - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
They are given the autonomy
But they must also meet academic standards - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
But they must also meet academic standards
Unlike traditional public schools, however, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
Unlike traditional public schools, however,
With respect to education, Tom would say - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:17
With respect to education, Tom would say
And if those things are not done, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
And if those things are not done,