Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / March 2006

  Change is bewilderingly rapid in our post-industrial era.  We cannot
always foresee what knowledge we will need in later years to meet life's
challenges and problems.  We can, however, develop attitudes and
abilities that will help us to meet future situations creatively and
inventively and to foresee as much of that future as possible.  In this
way, we can plan our actions rather than merely react to what happens.  
We can "shock the future" instead of suffering "future shock".
  These attitudes and abilities may serve as a sustaining philosophy of
life.  This philosophy calls for an active stance rather than passive
acceptance.  A futurist tries to sense, foresee, and then create a
desired future, not merely waiting for the future to arrive but instead
"dreaming" the future, and then actively pursuing that dream.
  - Sidney J. Parnes

gendo: a way of thinking...  
    language as a path to liberation...

.unconscious, erroneous assumptions imposed upon our thinking
    by the structure of the language (english) running in our
    skulls are responsible for most of what is wrong with the
    world in both the personal and planetary domains

what:  open discussion
who:   anyone interested in relationships between language/
      liberation/etc.
why:   because you know language is important
when:  monday evenings, 20:00 to 21:00, california time
how:   VoiP...    http://www.gizmoproject.com/
where: 1222gendo

heron

unDO email address
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Nature,                                                 heron stone
 to be commanded,                            http://www.gendo.net
        must be obeyed.                 mailto:heronDO@gendo.net