Holistic Education Values Education – Cultural Sensitivity
The mainstream educational system is failing miserably by discounting students’ individual identities and disregarding their unique strengths and cultural challenges. For example students of any religious faith are told to omit (or silence their beliefs) when learning in public schools.
However the truth is two-thirds of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were graduates from Biblical seminaries and the first act of the U.S. Continental Congress was a two-and-a-half our prayer meeting to ask God for His blessing upon our country.
Since the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has fought to remove any mention of God from schools, courtrooms and state capitals; morality has plummeted, crime skyrocketed and the United States has begun to come undone. School shootings and disregard for the sanctity of human life is a direct result of removing values education from the classroom.
Holistic education equips and empowers students to be whole, happy, love and respect themselves as human beings and their classmates (peers and mankind). Today with the absence of values education and the lack of cultural sensitivity; more students are becoming disgruntled, angry and hostile toward the educational system and nation at large (thus perpetrating extreme acts of violence).
Holistic education, cultural sensitivity and values education must return to the classroom. We must be brutally honest with ourselves as a nation and stop censoring history, which is nothing short than lying to ourselves and living in delusion.
True uncensored Native American Indian and African American history is often omitted from American history textbooks, especially dirty details regarding the bloodshed, crimes against humanity, theft of land and property, and inhumane treatment of families. How then can we expect Native American Indian and African American students to excel academically, when they are being taught a “sanitized” watered down version of history to appease their white counterparts?
As a Caucasian international educator and college counselor, I am one of the few honest enough to admit the above and call for higher standards. Holistic education is greatly needed to incorporate students’ individual identities, histories and background knowledge into the learning process.
Because I do not foresee a day in the near future when traditional public schools in our generation will embrace this type of holistic education, truthful and transparent learning; I am a strong advocate of private and boarding schools where students can be among peers and teachers of a different mindset and free to learn the totality of historical and cultural matters of importance to them and their families. Private and boarding schools are more welcoming and inclined to teach values education, holistic education and impart cultural sensitivity with social grace when doing so.
What I learned about boarding schools is they are definitely not the same, though all may purport to be outstanding online via their website and marketing promotional materials.
What parents must be alert to and aware of are the following:
1. accommodations (safe, comfortable and convenient)
2. facilities (exceptional for extracurricular, recreational and athletic events)
3. food (healthy and good quality)
4. faculty and staff (professional, courteous, respectful, knowledgeable and helpful)
5. security (alert, aware and awake 24 hours a day)
6. university and career counseling (astute, in touch, personal and approachable)
7. student body (established criteria, carefully selected and chosen)
Every parent wants the best for their children. Working and traveling parents who opt to enroll their children in boarding schools want peace of mind when doing so. Parents want to know their children are provided for, learning, growing and happy.
I provide free counseling to parents and students to assist them in choosing a boarding school, as I realize this is a very important decision.
Serving your happiness and success.
Paul F. Davis – Academic Adviser, University and Career Counselor, Author of “College Match & Self-Discovery”
Paul has earned 4 Master degrees from prestigious American Universities with honors and is the author of 50 Books. Paul is a Worldwide Motivational Speaker who has touched 76 Nations serving governments, companies, universities, colleges, and schools across the globe.
Please contact Paul at his email below:
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Holistic Education Values Education – Cultural Sensitivity