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Jon Robinson Professor Emeritus Adjunct Professor -
Urban Campus Academic Achievement Center – Math Lab Bldg 1 Rm 208 Tues – 8:30 to 1:00 Wed - 8:30 to 3:30 Thr -
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Background Information
B.A.,
M.S.E., Drake
University
NLP
Practitioner, Nlp cOMPREHENSIVE
How
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I believe modern institutions of
education have naturally evolved to systemically mix people who want to teach
with youth and with people who want to learn so that most expectations of society
(life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are good enough) will at least be
minimally met; or, at better, exceeded and improved upon by all involved in the
process. I believe that by developmentally orchestrating student experiences
within environments that are rich in options or opportunities, teachers enable
initiation, growth, maintenance, and improvement of functioning within family
life, work life, and social life as commonly experienced in local and global
arenas. I believe that the unifying objective of all education is to enable
citizens to live interdependently, develop individual skills, and serve
themselves and society productively to the optimal extent of their own
potentials.
Although
I recognize the interdependent nature of social life, I support everything that
enhances INDIVIDUAL INDEPENDENCE. I believe that when people can
separate from and analyze the complexities of the world in which they live,
they can then choose what role they will play in that society and accept
responsibility for making that decision. Openness and commitment on the part of
both individuals and society are needed for balance to exist between the
individual and society. Society will endure with or without any one individual;
but, individuals, if they embrace society, can take what they need for nurture
as well as self-actualization from the abundance throughout the world. On the
other hand, if individuals reject society, society will, with varying degrees
of compassion, reject their rights. If individuals act against society in any
significant manner, society, to protect its domain, will suppress them.
I believe that in order for a person
of common talent to interact in society, he must have: 1) knowledge of self; 2)
an understanding of numerical and geometrical concepts to at least what is
commonly known as a basic Algebra level; that is, the ability to re-organize
quantitative and qualitative information and maintain relatedness; 3) control
of the dominant language - both written and spoken; the individual must be able
to listen/speak, and read/write in a manner that allows comprehension and
understanding by a majority of people; 4) a fundamental understanding of
mechanics and current technologies; and, 5) determination to be a contributing
citizen. Not everyone is of common talent. Not everyone will be able to
independently take nurture from society. Individuals who wish to live in a
diverse global society must adapt to each society in which they want to
participate. I realize I speak from a country that mostly allows expression and
does not suppress, by law or force, the freedoms of my race and my sex. It is
ultimately beneficial to embrace diversity. A society that allows is preferable
to one that suppresses.
Within the framework of this
philosophy and the extent of my abilities, as an educator, it is my mission to
do whatever is necessary, by whatever means necessary, to facilitate the
progress of those who come to me by choice or blind faith from where they are
to where they strive to be, as well as provide options to those who feel
defeated.
Neither SOCIETY nor THE
INDIVIDUAL is THE HIGHEST POWER.
Updated March, 2012 Jon Robinson