I asked them to tell me what they thought an adult needs to know and they started shouting things out to me. (They were very participatory and enthused to be asked questions.) What I found interesting was the answers they offered me to this very important question. The first thing yelled out in response to my question about what an adult needs to know was “how to pay your bills.” WHAT? I was surprised by that response but had to agree completely. So we talked about the importance of having knowledge of how to earn money, save, invest and be responsible. The next response to the question was “work ethic.” Again . . . WHAT? Great answer. The next, “TRUST.” Then “how to take responsibility.” BINGO: these were great answers. I did thirty minutes with them shouting out things they believed an adult needed to know to be successful, though many of them obviously didn’t know these things themselves, but desperately wanted to teach their kids these things. By the way, I have asked that question of many crowds and the responses are usually more along the lines of “what it means to be happy” “how to find my purpose” or other airy-fairy intangibles.
Read the rest of Larry Winget's account of his speech at Perryville Prison.
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