Sample Church Proclamation

Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by the avalanche of information we receive daily. We have websites that tell us the news every minute. Hourly Radio. TV channels broadcasting 24 hours a day and competing newspapers with news content.

Almost all reflect what is happening around us and how tremendous amplifiers media repeated over and over again the same news. In much of the time, these new images are accompanied by what gives them, apparently, greater accuracy: "if you have seen must be true." Paradoxically, the vision is less critical organ that received by our intellect, while, for example, hearing is scrutinized with greater zeal and thought about to unravel what we consider "truth." That is, curiously, is much easier to deceive us with what we see with what we hear. The magicians know much of the art of illusion.

Today when two people cross the street or match in a particular place "say" the day's news. While what they do, in fact, is to repeat what they heard. The famous writer George Orwell said "atibórrales information and think they're thinking." How many parents teach their children critical thinking?, How to question what they see or learn?, How to play with ideas?, Perhaps what is considered "normal" is pathetic and sickening on many occasions?

For instance, "normal" cavities and "abnormal" be smart and not so, the latter still desirable. In these times of a course "Thinking" is our job to pay the "critical thinking" of our children, full of individuality, to sow seeds of skepticism as to the next generation. We doubt and teach them to think.

What do you think?, You can leave your comments.

José Miguel Gaona.

Director of "Teaching Well"

Kate Playground December

CHILDREN, EDUCATION AND OTHER THINGS ...

This past Saturday I attended the "Regional Seminar III Family and School on" Challenges and Opportunities "School Board of the Community of Madrid " with a conference whose theme was "Training parents: why, what and how" . This was held at Warner Park in Madrid.

framework conference entitled " Challenges and opportunities for education of the twentieth century" whose speaker was the renowned writer D. Juan Manuel de Prada and began shelling began to stir some participants uncomfortable in their chairs. The writer noted the need to regain some lost in the traditions and recent years and a certain longing to values \u200b\u200bthat now seem outdated. Everything seemed to have gone well until the final moment when some of those present took the microphone. Expressed disgust at certain ideas that they say, we were back in time to a time long forgotten. I writhed in my chair a speaker with some tension (I was next on the show). "When you see your neighbor's beard cut ....". Prada, with a certain amount of provocation amply answered each of the attendees while, gradually, the temperature rose from the audience.

few minutes later began my presentation with some apprehension, after apparently, to the perception some of the participants: the source of our publication, relating the way we choose the topics, editorial, etc. I must admit that, occasionally, looked up to scrutinize the expressions over 450 guests. Everything was fine and remained so until the end. Breath of relief and took the turn D. Guillermo Cánovas association "Protégeles" who made a brilliant exposition on how to protect our children from the dangers Internet.

Finally, intervened D. Agustín García Matilla (Director of Communication Carlos III University of Madrid) with his presentation " Educate for communication and critical thinking: Children and young people from the screens" who true to the concept of " critical thinking "made numerous references to Juan Manuel de Prada and not precisely ideological tuning. Again the storm: before applauding now shaking their heads in disgust and vice versa.

Understandably, the debate on education seemed to forget the children and focused primarily on policy issues that will surely affect them one way or another through the decisions made " above "but maybe it was a personal perception, the children went into the background.

At one point one of the attendees took a wireless microphone (it was almost 3 in the afternoon) and as a reconciler angel began to list various ideological parallels between the first and last speaker. In short, she said, the positions were not so different. The truth is that he was not far from the truth . All was a matter of interpretation. The gentleness with which reduced the environmental stress and, wisely, came as a great mediator positions I thought, however fleeting, as one of the best interventions from that session: personal resigned their positions after taking the best from each of the exhibitors, an excellent exercise in emotional intelligence. Surely there would be more present them to think like her but at least give a face and is cleared of "ordinary" and "trends" made me regain faith that, at times, was losing in the future of our children. Lucky students that have as a teacher.

José Miguel Gaona

PS going to hang these lines I have seen as one of the authors referred to these days in a national newspaper:

http://www. abc.es/20070416/opinion-firmas/fusilen_200704160255.html

the other I could not find ... yet.

Ring Ring Ring Please Pick Up The Telephone

LACK OF CARE (SEEM)

I just read that in the Netherlands has opened the first clinic Children alcoholics. This news may surprise many but, basically does nothing but put the nail on the head: children (Not to mention teenagers) have a drinking problem.

The clinic treats own addiction to alcohol and acute intoxication. Half of their income the patients are female journalist thing, oddly enough, seems surprised.

To generate an even more somber Dutch children (take note of it here in Spain) do not merely drink traditionally regarded as "soft", ie beer. Even 90% of Dutch children admitted to drinking, for more shot, "the hard alcohol."

While reading, a little stunned this news, goes almost unnoticed one of the cases that illustrate this article: a boy named Nik than 12 years old (at that age, still have "years old"). Explains the kid: "... they (the parents) left me in the hotel room playing with my game console and there was a minibar ... the first thing I grabbed was the bottle ... did not even realize."

may be, to some extent as a result of negligence leave the child alone in a hotel room. But how many times must have been abandoned or neglected to develop a drinking problem?, What is the real problem?: Does alcohol or lack of supervision and care? The head of the new clinic concludes on this point: "it is because something goes wrong at home, where you learn the values \u200b\u200band references in life." Things to think ... right?