Conversations With My Father: David Jetmore on Education

In this third conversation, David reflects on education—not only as schooling, but as a lifelong process shaped by opportunity, inequality, discipline, and curiosity. He considers how the playing field shifts after childhood, why some students flourish while others struggle, and what it really means to learn across a lifetime. We explore the fragility of attention, the responsibility of teachers, and the evolving wisdom that comes from experience, humility, and continued growth.