2c. Education Pursuits of Children

I have decided on three possible branches of Education that I would like to focus on for my children. The three branches are unified by the goal of providing tools for children to survive in this world and express their thoughts in practical applications that

1. Language: I believe that communication is the most important tool that humans have, because this allows us to formulate new ideas for humanity based on what people who have come before us have learned in their lives. The first language of importance is the native language, but as soon as a child has achieved some mastery of that, foreign languages, both modern and ancient, should be explored so the child can connect meanings as a way to express their own.
2. Creative Arts: This is the most important thing for me, as I have already expressed my feelings on the importance of Art and Creativity in general. This branch will allow the child to communicate through the languages they have learned, the ideas that they think are important to the individual self first, and society at large second.
3. Science: Science comes last because like history I believe it is a "dead" subject. By "dead" I mean defined by events that have taken place in the past, and the knowledge that has been acquired through observation and experimentation. While science is necessary and a noble subject to study, most aspects of it are controlled by man's inventions and technology, demonstrating again that the knowledge already obtained has been dissected and put to work on its own, again demonstrating it is "dead." Furthermore, knowledge in this branch that a child will actually learn and put to use is heavily dependent on what the child has learned already, especially in relation to other subjects.

My next goal for this subject of study is to further define a curriculum through each of the subjects that I wish to specifically study, and obviously leave areas open for the interest of the particular student.

Investigating Objective 3aiii

Through much thought and a little "inspiration" I have begun working on some projects attached to my Personal Spiritual Objectives. At this point, I have decided on a main output goal that will be a nice conclusion to this phase of research.

I plan to create a CD with an accompanying booklet that will demonstrate the sense of focus in my spiritual life during this time period. It will be shared with members of my family and any other persons I think will benefit from reviewing it, and the feedback will be recorded and stored.

As a result, I will use my workbook and create a Microsoft Word document that will help me plan my vision for this project, and the process will be notated in this blog as this I work on this goal so that it may come into fruition.