This week I really enjoyed reading and learning about Thomas Jefferson. I enjoy learning new things and I was very interested to discover how involved he was in his studies and how he took the initiative to educate himself. It is encouraging to see that someone who did not necessarily have an easy time growing up after the death of his father, still continued to pursue his education and strive to live out his dreams. Jefferson did not limit himself to only one area of interest. He learned all he could of everything that was of relevance to him. He studied music and was able to use this skill to move in circles of society that might have been closed to him otherwise. He studied the philosophers of the enlightenment and used their work to
