Imaginary Interview with James Pierson Beckwourth

8 November 2003



TIB: So...whaddup?

BECKWOURTH: Are you speaking English?

TIB: Sorry, I forget that you are educated.

BECKWOURTH: Well, educated is an intriguing word. What kids go through these days might not best be confused with education. Marking dots on paper and gobbling banal entertainments does not an educated soul make.