{"id":108,"date":"2011-08-23T15:36:49","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T15:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/?p=108"},"modified":"2011-08-23T15:41:17","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T15:41:17","slug":"it-is-what-we-make-out-of-what-we-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/2011\/08\/it-is-what-we-make-out-of-what-we-have\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It is what we make out of what we have&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>How did Mandela\u2019s childhood and education impact his political philosophy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nelson Mandela\u2019s youth is not exactly what one would expect of a Presidential leader.\u00a0 Dirt floors, thatched huts, and country life led a childhood with little privilege and dispensation.\u00a0 Fortunately, Mandela was the son of a Chief, which offered more opportunity than most growing up in the Mvezo Village.\u00a0 Among the few opportunities he was granted, Mandela was provided with an education. His educational pursuits, life in the Mvezo Village, and membership of the Xhosa nation all have led Mandela to the political philosophy he abided by throughout his time as a Freedom Fighter and a political figure.<\/p>\n<p>Mandela\u2019s British education played a large role in how he understood African civilization and concepts early on.\u00a0 Mandela states,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201c<em>The education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions, were automatically assumed to be superior.\u00a0 There was no such thing as African culture.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Loss of African culture for Nelson Mandela proved to be a driving force behind his political philosophy.\u00a0 To encourage the culture of South Africa and a coming together of its people and tribes, Mandela promoted fairness, anti-apartheid, and justice throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up, Mandela was constantly fighting repression throughout school, tribes, and the Afrikaner.\u00a0 Nelson Mandela used his political knowledge and courage to stand up for what he believed in.\u00a0 This insistence for justice is what shaped his political philosophy against segregation and for African communalism.<\/p>\n<p>Nelson Mandela did not lead a simple life \u2013 from childhood, to 27 years in prison, to a successful presidency; Mandela worked hard throughout his accomplishments and defeats.\u00a0 It is the perseverance, hard work, and courage of Nelson Mandela that framed one of the most inspiring political philosophies to date.\u00a0 As Mr. Mandela says\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>\u201cIt is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did Mandela\u2019s childhood and education impact his political philosophy?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nNelson Mandela\u2019s youth is not exactly what one would expect of a Presidential leader.\u00a0 Dirt floors, thatched huts, and country life led a childhood with little privilege and dispensation.\u00a0 Fortunately, Mandela was the son of a Chief, which offered more opportunity than most growing up in the Mvezo Village.\u00a0 Among the few opportunities he was granted, Mandela was provided with an education. His educational pursuits, life in the Mvezo Village, and membership of the Xhosa nation all have led Mandela to the political philosophy he abided by throughout his time as a Freedom Fighter and a political figure.<br \/>\nMandela\u2019s British education played a large role in how he understood African civilization and concepts early on.\u00a0 Mandela states,<br \/>\n\u201cThe education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions, were automatically assumed to be superior.\u00a0 There was no such &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34211],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-nelson-mandela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/450"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}