Comments on: Trusting Your Gut

By: Baby Math

Baby Math — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:04:18 +0000

Kenrick,

This really resonates with me, and I believe that my parents’ admittedly good intentions to get me reading at a very young age, and a strong focus on educational toys and games, may have led to my suffering from a possibly mild form of NLD, and a total inability (thus far) to visualise anything – my “mind’s eye” is blind, to all intents and purposes, as all I can see is blackness.

Trying to find ways to open up the right side of my brain at my age (50+) is challenging, to say the least!

Mark

By: Kenrick E. Cleveland

Kenrick E. Cleveland — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:36:39 +0000

I guess that is a core theme in my post and my life. That’s why I responded about authority. It’s good to find a happy medium (no pun intended – LOL) yet to always realize that the Bill of Rights does not bestow any rights upon us. It simply protects those God given rights we were born with. Thus, after the Divine Source (however you relate to him/her/them) the next highest source is the soverign person. The schools get their power because we cede a tiny bit of ours to them. But we should always remember who the “boss” is. Learning to only question what we are told is ok to question, move when the bell rings etc. flys in the face of this.

Anyone else have an opinion on this?

By: Kenrick

Kenrick — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:41:58 +0000

Hi Gary,

Thanks for responding.

First, the blog is definitely where I post my opinions.

That said, in looking at your post, I’m moved.

In addition to the areas of concern I wrote about, I whole heartedly embrace the major problems you write about.

Your point #2 is an interesting one. It’s hard for me to think of schools as authority. I’ve found that the public schools don’t accept the family as the highest authority, so therefore, I generally refused them much authority with our kids. When they respected our authority, I gladly did the same.

I’m curious what your thoughts (and the thoughts of our readers) are on this.

How schooling has changed from when I was in private school many years ago.

Thanks again. And by the way, even if we disagree, it’s ok as I respect a reasoned exchange of viewpoints. So thank you for adding to the discussion.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:13:01 +0000

Dear Kenrick,

Interesting concept and theme. Your claim on “specifically the educational system in the U.S., our schooling has focused 99 percent of its time developing the logical, reasoning aspect of the student/citizen” is unfortunately unsubstantiated and just an opinion they way you present it.

I have experience in Public Education and Educational Psychology here in California. 99% is incorrect. Some of the most successful teachers have that amazing intuition that the students can tap into.

Actually the major problems in US Education are:

1) Too much entitlement for students
2) Lack of respect to authority
3) Poor parenting
4) Bad nutrition, causing ADD or similar behaviors
4) Accommodation of everyones needs, thus lowering the bar.

Best,

Gary

By: Medicine Ball Exercises

Medicine Ball Exercises — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:32:01 +0000

Keep posting stuff like this i really like it

By: Cobbiwan

Cobbiwan — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:00:18 +0000

Kenrick

You are so right. The education system was perfectly designed to make good factory workers. Focus for a period, move when the bell rings, asks questions only we it is question asking time.

Getting in touch with the 6th and 7th senses (intuition and awareness) requires unlearning institutionalized bad habits and frames

Spot on

Bob