{"id":14,"date":"2008-04-30T14:26:56","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T07:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/msmichetti.edublogs.org\/2008\/04\/30\/are-you-the-10th-person\/"},"modified":"2008-04-30T14:26:56","modified_gmt":"2008-04-30T07:26:56","slug":"are-you-the-10th-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adriennemichetti.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/30\/are-you-the-10th-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you the 10th person?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>“For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it. . . . For every nine people who do things the way they have always been done, only one will ever wonder if there is a better way. For every nine people who stand in line in front of a locked building, only one will ever come around and check the back door.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Our progress as a species rests squarely on the shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are satisfied with things they are told are valuable. Person 10 determines for himself what has value.” -Za Rinpoche and Ashley Nebelsieck, in The Backdoor to Enlightenment<\/u> <\/a>(Three Leaves)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The pessimistic side of me wants to say that in schools, the proportion is probably one out of every twenty, or perhaps even higher. But that’s just me being whiny.<\/p>\n

What this book excerpt reminds me of:<\/h4>\n