“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” — Saint Augustine
After 25 years in the IT industry, my husband and I have decided to take a 14-month long around-the-world journey to travel through 50 countries and six continents. Our mission is to raise geography awareness in K-12 students in a new and exciting way.
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When I was growing up I’d hear the term “Jack of All Trades” used as a compliment, meaning that a person had broad knowledge and was educated about many things. It was something I always aspired to, being that type of Renaissance person who used life to learn and experience as many different things as possible. Lately, I have heard this term used with more of a negative connotation, such that a specialist is much preferred to any sort of generalist.
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I have been reading In the Shadow of Man, which is a book that Jane Goodall wrote originally in 1971 to chronicle her early work with the chimpanzees in Gombe Stream, Tanzania. The book provides interesting insight into how she first set up her research there in 1960. What really surprised me about Goodall’s life is that when she first started her work she had no formal experience or education in this area.
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