Rich Dad's Rich Kid, Smart Kid
Chapter One
All Kids Are Born Rich
Kids and Smart Kids
Both my dads were great teachers. Both men were smart men. But they
were not smart in the same subjects, and they did not teach the same
things. Yet as different as they were, both dads believed the same
things about all kids. Both dads believed that all kids are born
smart and all kids are born rich. Both believed a child learns to be
poor and learns to believe that he or she is less smart than other
kids. Both dads were great teachers because they believed in
bringing out the genius that each child is born with. In other
words, they did not believe in putting knowledge in, they believed
in bringing the child's genius out.
The word education comes from the Latin word educare, which means
"to draw out." Unfortunately for many of us, our memories of
education are long, painful sessions of cramming little bits of
information into our heads, memorizing them for the test, taking the
test, and then forgetting what we had j ... read full excerpt from: Rich Dad's Rich Kid, Smart Kid: Giving Your Children a Financial Headstart ebook
