Micah D. Pratt
My name is Micah David Pratt. I aspire to serve in the highest office of the United States government, yet this was not always the case. My early schooling was completed at home. As matter of fact, my mother taught me how to read and write, but she was only my primary teacher until I reached third grade. From fourth grade until my graduation from high school, I was primarily self-taught under the Commonwealth of Virginia’s laws of religious exemption from public education. Not by choice, but by necessity, I had to teach myself and develop a drive and determination to learn for merely the sake and joy of learning. Using mainly textbooks, I taught myself physics, chemistry, algebra, calculus, human anatomy, and much more – not because I had to, but because I wanted to. When I wasn’t occupied with my studies, I served as a Civil Air Patrol cadet and earned the rank of Cadet Colonel and the Carl A. Spaatz Award. Starting at the age of 15, I volunteered at my local hospital and entered the workforce as an employee two years later. Additionally, after years of training on a homeschool cross country team, I was honored to earn and accept an athletic scholarship from the College of William and Mary. Presently, I am competing on the College of William and Mary’s cross country/track team and am planning to dual major in both Neuroscience and Kinesiology & Health Sciences. As a college freshman, I have decided to concentrate on the sciences while at college and spend my summers and breaks in continuation of my self-teaching habits in my preparation to run for public office. This website is a requirement of ECON 100 taught by Dr. Mark R. Greer, however, it will also record my first musings on the philosophy of the economy. I chose to create my website as an analytical commentary on the works of Adam Smith, John Keynes, and Karl Marx. I don’t have much knowledge about the workings of the economy, so reviewing and considering their works appears to be an excellent place to start.