Growing up in Louisiana, I was taught that receiving an education is valuable. However, if you have attended a top Ivy League school and received the highest degree in academia, but you do not have common sense you will not be able to function in society. I have always enjoyed the company of my elders. From my mother, my elders and the Bible, I have had the privilege of learning many things. I have not always known what my elders, my mother and the Bible meant when they said certain things, but I have learned if you live long enough, there is the propensity that you may learn a thing or two....