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10 Recommendations for Parents
by Joe David — activist, author, writer, teacher. (website)
A civilized society won't survive for long without a sound educational system. When our schools succeed, they graduate doctors, lawyers, engineers, and other professionals who will lead us forward. When they fail, the reverse occurs, and we all become victims. After years of teaching, I believe we have systematically mass-produced failure. Today’s graduates, hunched like cripples, stand as evidence. Many of them totally lack acceptable reading, writing, and math skills. Their logic is questionable. And far too many can’t make decisions without peer approval, simply because they haven’t the courage and values to guide them.
Seeing our youth, intellectually maimed, flounder often leaves us feeling helpless. Yet, there is no reason why this should be the case. There is something we can all do individually. It won’t bring over-night change, but it will bring change, painlessly! Here are my recommendations, after 14 years of teaching:
Adults must stop burying children with layers of commands and must permit them to grow naturally. It will reduce years of experimenting and floundering and create in the end fully realized adults with well-defined goals. And, if their education is exact, they will have the skills to go after what they want with ease and confidence. And you will have done what you’ve always dreamed of doing: create another Einstein or Mozart — or a very happy adult!
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