Education

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The second thing that, in my opinion, will help build a better world for future generations is if we all were to spend more time educating ourselves and this is our second Eco Icon on the website http://www.yourtomorrow.co.uk/ . We have focused on presents that encourage people to educate themselves and others, developing the brain. Let's spend less time in front of the television watching mindless entertainment or playing addictive video games and expend much more effort on learning about things. Ask yourself, if you were to be a contestant on Mastermind, what would be your specialist subject? Do you have one, we all should because knowing about a subject is very satisfying and it is fun to find out more? My subject is Australian History, although I would not be prepared to subject myself to the rigours of Mastermind questions; my memory is just not good enough! I do love reading about the events that led to the recent creation of this very successful nation, however. There are some very interesting books; I recommend "A Short History Of Australia" by Manning Clark as a startpoint.
I worry that future generations will lose the opportunity for pleasure and satisfaction from learning because all they will understand is how to download the latest game or tune onto their Ipods. That is why we sell toys and games that stimulate the mind on http://www.yourtomorrow.co.uk/category/14.php.
This might provide you with an opportunity to get a friend or relative interested in doing something intellectual, a jigsaw, a Cleversticks construction set or an earth powered clock from Middlesex University. This is not to be dogmatic or to expect people to be slaves to the textbook, just to recognise that it is important to use the brain as well as the body. Education is about us older people showing younger generations that there is satisfaction to be gained from intellectual activites. Once that is recognised, then one actually enjoys being a slave to the textbook and education becomes a self-fulfilling philosophy. A trained mind has a mature perspective on the world and will help build a better world for future generations.