Adversity is a great teacher but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction and often the profit we derive is not worth the price we paid.
Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is there reading...
Our government is the potent the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it...
On the one hand I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum who has kept me grounded but on the other the wild experiences through my dad.