Dear School Administrator, Teacher, Parent or Student,
On August 19, 2010, my wife, Sandra and I sent President Obama a letter on education with the subject line: Project-Centered Education versus Program-Centered Education. As parents, grandparents and as former members (I was Chairman) of the parent/teacher committee at our children’s elementary school in San Francisco, we think education should be as much about raising consciousness as it is about raising money.
Instead of letting fear and competition, (what’s going to work best for ME?) dominate our thinking and create a world of predators and victims, why not ask:
- What’s going to work best for ALL of us in personal terms? (What is the best way to fulfill our own unique potential in support of the world and ourselves?)
- What’s going to work best for ALL of us in terms of business? (What is the best way for us to maintain the health and well-being of our planet and humanity?
- What’s going to work best for ALL of us in terms of education? (What is the best way for us to learn and grow? What are the most important things for us to learn?)
- What’s going to work best for ALL of us in terms of the environment? (What is the best and most sustainable way for us to relate to nature and the earth?)
- What’s going to work best for ALL of us in terms of peace? (What is the best way for us to treat each other as individuals and nations?)
We are not only the product of creation (blank slates to write on, empty sponges to fill or computers to program) we are creation itself! By asking ourselves questions like, what is the best way for us to treat each other and what is the best way for us to treat ourselves, we engage our imaginations as well as our intellects in creating better selves, better lives and a better world. By accepting this response-ability, we empower ourselves! Learning to read, write and do arithmetic is fun when we do it for our own reasons, when we do it to better express our own ideals.
What can be more exciting or worth doing than changing ourselves, and the world, for the better? What can stimulate our natural passion more than striving to be the person we love to be, doing what we love to do?
We encourage you to read our Education Letter to Obama. Every school administrator, every teacher, every parent and every student should have the opportunity to read, evaluate, share and discuss these transformational ideas.
Active and thoughtful participation in the creation of our reality is the change we have been waiting for!
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. Please continue to seek the greatest understanding and serve the highest good!
Roger and Sandra Peterson
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
We create our own reality from what we choose to believe about ourselves, and the world around us.
If we do not CONSCIOUSLY choose our own beliefs, we UNCONSCIOUSLY absorb them from our surroundings.
If we are accountable (responsible) for our actions, how can we afford NOT to question our beliefs?
How you define yourself, and the world around you, forms your intent, which, in turn, forms your reality. - Seth
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