Like it or not, we’re living in a world that is moving ahead so fast that life seems like a chapter from science fiction. We have been greatly shocked that the Russians have the jump on us in the race to conquer space. Now there is a great deal of speculation that it is only a matter of time ‘til man can control the entire weather picture. There are two things we can do; turn our backs on it all and say, this is too fantastic to believe, or face up to it and try to keep abreast of developments behind the Iron Curtain. Well. we tried to hide our heads before, and we just about got our world blown out from under us. So, face up the the pace we must. But, where do we start?
There is no doubt about it. We start with our children. We start with our schools, our educational system. Almost overnight, the emphasis has switched from development along sociological lines to development along the lines of learning. Very simply...it’s high time our young people stated using their brains. All the multi-million dollar schools we build, the personality development courses we give, the social activities we plan, the psychological approaches we use have become secondary to the true function of any educational system...the function of learning. If the democratic system in which we believe so strongly is to survive, then we have to teach our youngsters HOW TO THINK and this can start from the day they are born. It is a world that is moving so fast it frightens you. We can go along with it, mould and direct it in the channels we think and strongly believe it should go, or we can be consumed by it. This is no time for coddling our leaders of tomorrow...it’s time for firm realistic direction. Today, the teacher is the most important person in our society. On the shoulders of our teachers lies the entire future of our civilization. My friends, they need your help, they need your prayers, they need your faith, and may God give instruction to their schemes.
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