If you are going to make a difference in the world, you will soon learn that you can’t follow the herd.

In order to lead, one must possess a strong sense of direction. One must have a purpose and understand the meaning behind his or her action.  One must also be able to communicate this so that others may follow.

To educate means to ‘lead out’.  Our world’s greatest political and spiritual leaders have dedicated their lives to educating and leading… as have parents, teachers, coaches and mentors.

As such, parents sometimes can become more concerned with how little Johnny is performing when compared to others instead of as compared to his unique progress.   Sometimes we can lose sight of the larger, more important factors of learning in lieu of just getting the grade.  However, if a student is encouraged to understand “how” she learns, and “why” something can be exciting, and then be inspired to satisfy the curiosity… it can make all the difference between her success and her failure.

This is the primary difference between a linear, one-size-fits-all education which can create followers – regurgitating back what is given, and an individualized education which can create leaders – sparking interests that bring about change.  One takes the same ingredients of structured content and attempts to produce a standardized outcome, and then order each one in numerical order.  The other attempts to structure time in order to teach a student to think, to learn ‘how’ to learn, and to discover ‘why’ this adds interest and value to his or her life… in other words to lead out and to feed the curiosity that is within and develop one who can gain mastery of himself.

At CP, students are encouraged to focus on the HOW and WHY of learning.  Through identifying their own learning styles and learning about varying ways brains process information, they are learning to use their unique strengths to gain knowledge, problem solve and consciously create their future.

So, projecting forward, which one will more likely stand out in the stacks of resumes and college applications?  Which one will be more likely to further the vision of an idea… of a company… of the world?   Number 5 out of 789 or this ONE who masters pieces of his or her Self?  Hopefully… both.

Remind YOUR child that he or she is a unique ONE… regardless of where he or she may be in line.

~Carol