Primary Colors (1998): Stanton Connects to Students Through Personal Story

The clip stanton connects to students through personal story from Primary Colors (1998)

I want to thank you...
for sharing that with us, Dewayne.
I want to thank you all for having real courage.
My uncle Charlie was...
a war hero, in World War II.
He went to Iwo Jima, where they raised the flag.
He took out four machine gun nests of japaneses soldiers...
who had pinned down his buddies.
Did it with one grenade, his rifle, bayonet, and bare hands.
Shit.
President Truman gave him the Medal of Honor.
And when he came home, there was a parade.
The town fathers came to my parents' house and said:
"Charlie, what are you going to do now" Charlie said he didn't know.
The mayor said, "Maybe you'd like a college scholarship in State University"
The banker said maybe Charlie didn't want to go back to school.
Maybe he'd like a management job with the bank.
And the sawmill owner said, "Don't be cooped up...
in a school or bank. Come manage my crew. "
And you know what? Charlie turned them all down.
What did he do?
Nothing.
He just laid on the couch and smoked Luckies. Couldn't get him off it.
Was he messed up in the head from the war?
No.
It was just that he couldn't read.
He couldn't read and was too embarrassed to tell anyone.
He had the courage to win the Medal of Honor...
but didn't have the courage to do what you're doing here.
He didn't have the courage to get the help he needed.
So, know that I appreciate what you're doing. And I honor it.
When people say, "Jack Stanton, why spend so much...
effort on adult literacy?"
I say to them...
I say, " Because"...
it gives me a chance to see courage. "

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