Leadership Education - Part 2

In my last post I brought up an article I read on Leadership Education and the use of the Conveyor Belt method of most public, private, and homeschool education in America at this point in time. Here is the next part of that article.

Here is the excerpt from Kerry Beck's "Leadership Education - Raising Leaders, Not Followers":

Professional education is anything from trade schools to law, medical & MBA schools. These programs create specialists by teaching them when to think. The professional system is similar to public education, but on much more competitive basis....the Competitive Conveyor Belt. Once you are in the program and decide what you want to do with your life, you must hop back on the conveyor belt for several years until you receive another diploma. Of course this type of education is mandated so you can really learn your profession. Any of this sound familiar??

On the other hand . . .

Leadership Education teaches students how to think and prepares them to be leaders in their homes and communities, thus becoming entrepreneurs, church elders and statesmen. This is the type of education that I want for my children and I would guess you want for your children. It encourages thinking outside the box, which is difficult for a majority of Americans.

Throughout history, leaders have been mentored by tutors. Often, they moved to prep schools where they study the classics by using the mentors approach. It is the Mentoring system and independent studies that create leaders. Unfortunately the leaders in America have been trained to be professionals and specialists - not leaders. Most of our nation consists of followers who do not have a problem with the system at hand. If your children are to overcome this dilemma, you must give them a superior education that prepares them to be entrepreneurs and statesmen by the historically-proven methods for training leaders.

~~(My comments on this)~~

I know that as parents we can instill in our children HOW to think regardless of where they currently attend school.

The question is: Do we have this quality ourselves? How can we teach it to them if we do not have the ability to think for ourselves? Do we know the gospel of Jesus Christ? Do we know the laws of our land? Do we know the candidates we are voting for? Do we discuss world issues with our children?

The more I think about these questions the more I realize I need to start with myself first so that I can teach my children HOW to think through the issues they come upon in their life. Then, I can openly discuss what they think and encourage them to keep thinking!