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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

When you start gettingin the habit of reading when you're eight years old,that's a...

When you start getting
in the habit of reading when you're eight years old,
that's a different ball game than if you had to wait
till you're a teenager, and it's too late now

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When you start getting in the habit of reading
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when you're eight years old, that's a different ball game
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than if you had to wait till you're a teenager,
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and it's too late now.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:57
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Free To Choose Enterprise

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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.
Thanks to that same friend, Eddie, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
Thanks to that same friend, Eddie,
The grade school he attended in Harlem was a good one. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
The grade school he attended in Harlem was a good one.
But when it came time for junior high school, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
But when it came time for junior high school,
When I finished elementary school, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
When I finished elementary school,
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