both my biological family and my msu family. they embody the essential characteristics of life lived to its fullest : education, community, and hope. education 1 / 4 bis - central bankers'speeches my family's journey from the part of rural georgia between warm springs and pine mountain to michigan is a source of pride. their success was not a given. it was earned through a lot of hard work, some tenacity, and lots of prayer. but their superpower was their undying faith in education. education was a tenet of faith for my entire family. my mother integrated her university's faculty by both race and gender, and the women in my family - also educators - were all in science and math. that was definitely not the norm in 1960s georgia. my siblings and i would also go on to integrate our pool, nursery school, and many other venues. it was not an easy time, nor was it without pain, but i count myself as extraordinarily lucky and privileged because i was taught from birth that education can help overcome the toughest odds. my curiosity was more than encouraged, it was lauded. so much so that i actually feel sorry for my teachers. it is entirely possible that my professors formed support groups. in undergrad, over the winter break, i would revise papers in which i already had an a. at the time, i thought i was mastering the subject. as a professor, i realized i was actually crashing their holiday plans. during my doctoral program, if you had a ph. d. and i saw you in the halls of the berkeley economics department, look out! you were not getting out of there without answering a seven - part question. with five follow - ups. five days a week. those educators were incredibly gracious and patient, and they fed my need and deep desire to learn. between them and my family, i understood that education is a lifelong pursuit. and that it expands beyond the classroom. we learn each day just by existing in the world. but the truly curious and the truly passionate will actively seek it out. they open themselves up to new things and walk their own paths. michigan state has always encouraged its students to think of education this way. i saw it in my classes, and i see it in today's graduates - who range in age from 19 to 53. community community is essential for anyone to thrive. one of life's great lessons is that few of us do

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