Performing Training Academy March 16, 2010

IT REALLY ISN’T JUST THE ABACUS, MATHEMATICAL CLEVERNESS, ABCS OR LEARNING FLAWLESS SPEAKING AND WRITING OF THE LANGUAGE, WHATEVER THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IS. EDUCATION GOES BEYOND PEDAGOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS OR SCHOLARLY ASPIRATIONS. EDUCATION, WE BELIEVE, SHOULD FIRST TEACH HUMAN BEINGS THAT MOST ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL TOOL: RESOURCEFULNESS.
RESOURCEFULNESS. WHEN YOU’RE RESOURCEFUL, THINGS HAPPEN…VERY NICELY!

YOU DARE ASK WHY EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT? WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION MANY YEARS AGO WITH A FRIEND WHO INVESTED PART OF HIS SAVINGS TO PROVIDE HIS SON WITH A PROPER EDUCATION.
“JOHNNY WAS A COMPLETE ROGUE. HE DIDN’T SPEAK A WORD OF ENGLISH, WAS REBELLIOUS AND COULD NOT SIT STILL. SO MY WIFE AND I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SHIP HIM OFF TO BOARDING SCHOOL IN SCOTLAND. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, THE CHANGE WAS REMARKABLE. JOHNNY TURNED OUT TO BE A REAL GENTLEMAN – A 9 YEAR OLD GENTLEMAN AT THAT!”
OUR FRIEND’S SON ALSO LEARNED TO SPEAK ENGLISH IMPECCABLY – THE “QUEEN’S ENGLISH” THEY CALLED IT.
WHY EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT | YOUR CHILD NEEDS A STEADY DIET OF HIS ABCS