Imagine Pt 3

Imagine Series #3

IMAGINE, JUST IMAGINE

A World Where Quality Education Was Available to All People

3rd in the Imagine Series by Judy Adler *Creating a World of Quality Living by 2040*

What would life look like if each and every person on planet Earth had a quality education available? What would the literacy rate be? What would the crime rates look like? How would the global demographics change? Would it have an affect on infant mortality rates or the fast-growing orphan population due to the AIDS virus? What kind of impact would there be on the global economy? How might it impact our current environmental issues? What would be the effect on space exploration? How would we deal with cancer, heart disease, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Crohn's Disease, and the multitude of others named and yet to be named?

For as long as I can remember educators all over the world have been expressing their frustration regarding the delivery of quality education. During a recent visit while taking a short break from writing her dissertation for her Ph.D. in Education, my eldest daughter told me about the new high school just built in the north Texas town where she lives. The school has NO windows in the classrooms. The rationale is that by eliminating windows in the classrooms the distractions will be less and the students will be more alert and focused on their studies.

Imagine spending an average of 7 hours a day in a windowless room while sitting under fluorescent lighting, trying to learn mathematics, English, history, science, and other previously unlearned information. Imagine being in this environment teaching this information to young people whose brains are still forming and whose bodies are under siege of highly stressed hormonal activity.

Now, ask yourself, "Is this environment conducive to providing quality education?"

When I did this little exercise my answer was "NO!!!"

It is true that holding students' attention in a classroom is important and often difficult. Even when the subject matter is interesting and the teaching is delivered in a learner-friendly manner, sometimes it is just hard to concentrate. Why is that? In my experience, the location of the classroom as well as the doors, windows, and walls of the classroom all have a very big impact on focus, study, and learning.

Time-Space Feng Shui gives us the coordinates for the best types of structures for learning. Then it can be determined which areas are most suitable for each individual student. Of course the desire or incentive to learn must be present for the student for learning to occur; however, proper Feng Shui will provide the optimum environment.

Creating these environments was very important to the Chinese, so they have worked with Feng Shui to a very high level of effectiveness in learning. With Time-Space Feng Shui a practitioner or student of Feng Shui can quickly determine where the areas are that are conducive to learning, and which areas to avoid - those that will lead to poor judgment, poor concentration, and even mental retardation. (Before you pooh-pooh that last statement, just remember those times that you walked into a room and forgot why you went in there, or remember the times you walked into a strange room and turned "stupid." What about the times you said you would do something and then the minute you walked out of the room you asked yourself why you just said that. Oh, and what about those Board of Directors meetings where everyone turned into the village idiot? I rest my case.)

Although Feng Shui is not a "magic bullet" to cure all ills in the education system, it will go a long way toward creating an environment that fosters learning. If we take a look at the state of education today, it's not too bad - but is "not too bad" what we are interested in promoting?

In fact, all we really have to lose by implementing Time-Space Feng Shui in our educational system are the rising violence and illiteracy rates.

Imagine, just imagine, a world where quality education is available to all people.

Judy Adler is committed to creating a world of quality living by 2040. Her teaching, consultations, articles, and forthcoming books are part of having that commitment realized. For more information and articles go to www.adlerfengshui.com. You may correspond with Ms. Adler at jadler@adlerfengshui.com.