Ignorance Is Knowledge As Knowledge Is Power
In the words of the American essayist, poet, and leader, Ralph Waldo Emerson, "We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing. The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education." As I have conducted the research for this project, the words of this quote have become more apparent to me. This because of the ignorance that I have shown throughout the years of education that I have sat in classrooms wondering, "When and where am I ever going to use this knowledge?" Well, the answer to this question has become quite blatant, the answer being anytime and everywhere all throughout the rest of my life. The knowledge that I will gain through the courses taken and the subjects studied throughout the rest of my academic career will help in the preparation for the knowledge that I will gain throughout my chosen career being law enforcement.
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