Jonathan Ellsworth| 4H Love

Todd wasn't like most other youth his age. He grew up on a farm and was heavily involved in 4 H and the FFA.

Jonathan Ellsworth| College Kids

I have been going to college off and on since January of 2001. I am 27 and have yet to complete a bachelors degree. I think I have it all figured out now, but I wonder if I am too old (at the ripe old age of 27) to be in school. I hate being in classes with most college kids.

I' noticed that many college kids talk all during class. I refer to them as college kids and not students for this reason. It is beyond me how you could spend so much money only to waist it all by not learning from the professors. They don't pay attention and then get upset when they missed some vital peice of information for the course. I wonder how many of us would be in low paying manual labor jobs if we lived in a country like China where they decided early on what occupation you could have based upon the effort you put into schooling. I am also afraid to think about all the doctors that didn't pay very close attention in class and just crammed for tests. I think there are a lot of dumb professionals out there and there will continue to be more each year.

Jonathan Ellsworth| A Child's Words

Children are our direct line with God.
In their words there is no guile nor fraud.
From child's lips flows wisdom pure and sweet.
As adults we forget to practice and repeat
those lessons as youth we learned
when the world was new and for understanding we yearned.