Chapter 15 - Just do it!

Home | TLR Contents | Search | Discussion | Events | Own the Book | UNLIMITED Learning Preview | Contact us

First	Prev	Next	Last

Contents Page

Just do it!	513

school's physics prize. By the start of 1996, Christchurch's main newspaper, The Press, could report: "Most 13-year-olds will start secondary school next week. Daniel Witte will start university. Too young to have a cheque book, hold a driver's licence, or vote, Daniel has enrolled at the University of Canterbury to study electrical engineering. He sat bursary at 12, scoring an A."18
  And by mid-1999, Christal Witte could report: "Daniel is firing on all cylinders, and continues his Electronic and Electrical Engineering degree in his fourth year. What is truly wonderful is to see and feel his enthusiasm, passion and motivation for the work he has chosen to do."19
  Like Choon Tan, whose elder son David had earlier become New Zealand's youngest-ever Ph. D., the Wittes say their son is "not a genius, just passionate". They believe many children would do better at school if allowed to progress at their own pace. "If he had gone on in the system as he was," says Stephen Witte, "he'd probably have been diagnosed as having attention-deficit disorder syndrome or something like that."
  Both Michael Tan and Daniel Witte were given their first chance to study at high-school level by Christchurch's Hagley Community College.
  An excellent book, Learning To Learn, by Christine Ward and Jan Daley, has been based on their introduction of accelerated learning methods to Christchurch's Cashmere High School.
  And the first edition of The Learning Revolution was launched at a South Pacific university marketing educators' conference at nearby Lincoln University.
  So the catalyst can be anyone, anywhere: in business, at school, in a community or a family. It needs to be, for the evidence is overwhelming:
      The world is racing into an interactive era that is changing every aspect of the way we communicate, learn, live, work and play.
      These changes demand a complete rethink on how we learn; how we can rekindle the learning enthusiasm we embraced as small children; how we can go on learning and relearning throughout life; how we can provide the same stimulation to those coming after us; and how we can positively reshape the world.
      The tools are here. The time is now. The script is yours to write - or dance, or sing, or play, or act, or draw, or orchestrate.
  Anyone can lead the world into the 21st century. Why not you?

First	Prev	Top	Next	Last

Contents Page   Preface    Introduction