This post is in behalf of Deedee, who was having technical difficulties, about Three Cups of Tea:
The education part is extraordinary. I loved that they have had their first girl doctor trained. When you educate girls you educate a nation. Long before formal school it is what children learn from their mothers that matters. If their women believe the world is good the children will believe that too and they will not be brain washed into believing other wise. As a great warrior once said his young men were protected because their mothers believed and they did not doubt their mothers. The passion for reading by your mom really shapes how much you desire education. if you see your parents read you will want to read and that is the beginning of educational desire. GREAT BOOK. Loaned out my copy it is still wandering. Hope it comes home soon. I want my sisters to read it.
dee
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Thanks so much for your comments... it really makes you think more about what you do as a mother, because your children see you and their understanding of the world is based on that perception. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThank you Aunt Dee for your post. I too felt that this book had such important messages. I personally had some pre-conceived notions about that part of the world which I know now were terribly off. I think that you said so beautifully what was one of my major take aways- which is the power of educated women in society. I LOVE that Greg picked up on that and the comment he made in the book something to the effect of "if you want to eliminate poverty in a society... educate the women." This book so startlingly showed the importance of education. I had never thought of a lack of education as DANGEROUS before. Sad sure, but dangerous? Wow. Now I get it. Thank you for telling me about this book Aunt Dee!
ReplyDeleteOkay, sorry, I haven't read the book, but this post and the comments on it got me thinking.
ReplyDeleteLack of education-dangerous? Certainly! And it's becoming more and more obvious that Satan is attacking and taking advantage of people at large in this way. Think about it.....more people know more about the candidates of American Idol than they do about candidates for political elections.
Ever seen a segment of "Jay-Walking" on Jay Leno.....
I just think that as a society at large we've become so focused on entertainment, and the distractions of life that we don't seek learning, (spiritual or secular) with quite the same gusto anymore. It reminds me of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" and how the government took control of the people by providing so much entertainment and taking away responsibility to the point that the people no longer cared.
In answer to the last post - I agree with Ashlee that learning has to be exciting. I don't see anything wrong with your kids learning what they want to learn. I think that self-directed learning would always be the most motivating. I think answering the why and how questions as often as we can is important so our kids understand that there is sooo much to learn and that those questions are where it all starts. And the rest will follow naturally, because eventually they'll get to a point where learning is halted without a basic knowledge of the three R's and all the other "boring" stuff. ;)
That's my two, (or three) cents! Looks like this book and the last were pretty good.....hopefully I can get a hold of them soon!
New Post By dee now that It will let me post.
ReplyDeleteOur neighborhood (ward) is doing a humanitarian project using the Picture book Greg Mortenson wrote about the children of the villages, from the child's point of view. He calls the project "Pennies for Peace" isn't that beautiful. He wants pennies to buy pencils and pennies to add up to paying for schools and teachers. WE just loved the idea and support it whole heartedly. It is such a simple concept. One penny buys One pencil. I'll let you know how it went. We are doing it for 3 months. SO WORTH WHILE. dee
Ooooh... let us know how your pennies for peace go. I'd love to know more about it. Also, I'm very much looking forward to reading Cranford, and North and South (and watching north and south) Thanks for the recommendations!
ReplyDeleteDid anyone else LOVE this story but HATE the writing? I feel bad even saying this about such a worthwhile story....and I can tell the writer did so much research, but it feels like his notes just got barfed up into this book. Which is why I could only rate it with a 3. Sorry folks.....Send the hate mail my way.
ReplyDeleteAnd Deedee please DO let us know how the fundraiser goes! I'm so excited to hear you're doing that.
I agree with katers... I did love the story but the actual writing I thought was detracting and distracting. (Which is, I assume, not usually what an author wants!) I had a hard time with that as well so I'm glad you brought it up!
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