If you have enthusiasm you have a very dynamic effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere.
Nearly everyone I met worked with or read about was my teacher one way or...
There's no need to travel further. The Los Angeles area is big enough for us.
Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them.