Low Citizenship Grades As Sixth Grade Teacher Predicts Political Career For Young Bill

How often do predictions from teachers about a students' future life and career come true? Too often for comfort is the answer.

Bill Clinton says that he adored his sixth grade teacher, Kathleen Schaer. In those days many teachers devoted their lives to children and never married and Ms Schaer was one such teacher who lived into her late eighties.

Ms Schaer made two predictions about the future life of young Bill which both proved to be extremely accurate. Her advice to Bill on how to stay out of trouble was "…it all depends on whether you learn when to talk and when to keep quiet."

Now that's a pretty much impossible skill for any politician to learn. But maybe Bill Clinton was more skillful at it than most… or was he? (page 29 and 30 Paperback)

Little Billy's 2 Little Secrets…

Young Billy Clinton had two secrets in grade school and junior high.

Clinton believes that we are all entitled to our little secrets, which make life more interesting. But he also acknowledges the fact they can be an awful burden sometimes, especially when there is a sense of shame attached to them.

In this case he must have been thinking of the first secret which had to do with the behavior of his step father Roger Clinton and the way he would usually abuse Bill's mother.

It is interesting that most of the family's close friends and relatives never knew about it and many were shocked in later years when it was discussed in the media.

But the second secret is even more fascinating. (paperback Pg 46)
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Here's One Of The Parts In The Book That Left More Questions Than Answers For Me

Clinton takes a lot of time to talk about the man whose name he carried to the White House, Roger Clinton, his step father and their fascinating relationship.

On Page 51 (paperback) he makes it clear that Roger Clinton was a good man who could just not help himself. He then talks of the divorce his mother filed and then the reconciliation where his mother took back an abusive husband although she knew he would not change.

In later years the Monica Lewinsky affair would suggest that Bill Clinton had some addictions of his own that he could not help, despite him being "fundamentally a good person."

Was this the message the former president was trying to get across here, either sub-consciously or otherwise?

This is one brief passage of the book that left me with lots of questions.

Bill Clinton's Favorite Movie And His Real Secret Of Success

Here's my favorite passage from the good book;

I returned and saw under the sun that -

The race is not to the swift,
Nor the battle to the strong,
Nor bread to the wise
Nor riches to men of understanding,
Nor favor to men of skill;
But time and chance happen to them all.
Ecclesiastes 9:11

Bill Clinton ends chapter three with a brief passage that speaks volumes. Starting on page 20 (paperback) he talks about discovering the movies. He also reveals his favorite movie to this day, a classic Western called High Noon.

Even more revealing is the reason why the ex-President loves it so much. "…because from start to finish Gary Cooper is scared to death but does the right thing anyway." And …"I often thought of the look in Gary Cooper's eyes as he stares into the face of almost certain defeat, and how he keeps walking through his fears toward his duty."

It is instructive that there were many reasons that would have stopped Bill Clinton from entering the race for the White house when he did (we'll look at that in more detail when we get to that part of the book). During the campaign itself there were many setbacks and a few times when it looked like his bid for the presidency was over. But it seems like Gary Cooper in High Noon Clinton kept walking.

Many of us miss our big opportunities in life when they come calling simply because we want to avoid our High Noon at all costs, not knowing that opportunity, in fact big opportunity is always lurking around that High Noon confrontation.

We never really get to take our time and chance.

Bill Clinton with all his faults and with an old classic movie as his inspiration faced his High Noons and many times "...stared into the face of almost certain defeat," the rest as they say, is history.

Bill Clinton: Born With The Odds Stacked Against Him

I enjoyed reading Bill Clinton's My Life and occasionally still refer to a couple of passages in different sections of the biography. One of the reasons why I love biographical books and even movies is because we learn so much about this life and always come away with plenty that we can apply to our own lives.

Here is one of the most precious lessons (that is really a reminder because I come across it often enough) that I took away from reading Bill Clinton's "My Life". And that is the fact that anybody can rise from a disadvantaged beginning and early start in life that is far from being perfect to make something out of their lives.

This is a lesson that we can never hear enough of with all the complexities, complications and constant discouragement in this life.

Born of a widowed mother who struggled to raise him and later his half-brother, the man who was to later become the president of the United States never met his father.

It is really not surprising that this early part of the book has touched so many lives of people in all corners of the world who are able to instantly identify with the early struggles in Bill Clinton's childhood.

One of my favorite parts in this early section of the book is the part that talks about the two jobs that Bill Clinton's grandfather had and especially about his second job as a night watchman in a saw mill. Clinton explains the nostalgic reasons the old man loved working nights at the sawmill. It's vivid and brings tears to my eyes every time I read it. (Page 11 of the paperback version.)

Bill Clinton's grandfather had a major influence in shaping his life as we shall see later in the book, but this is the sort of inspirational account that tells you it does not matter what you are today or what you circumstances in life are. What really matters are the preparations you are making now for a better tomorrow.

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This blog on a biography that has variously been described as "the best written" and "tells us vividly or fully what it is like to be president of the United States" will help many grasp numerous key points that they may have missed in this important book.

We will do this by discussing various key points and factors in the book which readers can then refer back to for more details. Thus by visiting this blog regularly virtually anybody can be able to fully grasp and digest this voluminous book.

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