WE ARE ALL ONE MUSIC
IRWIN  FRIEDMAN

Links

L I N K S

Here are links related to children's songs and to education.

MUSIC

The Children's Music Network

An international organization with an outstanding journal, "Pass It On!" and inspiring national and regional conferences open to educators, families, and performers.

EDUCATION

Oak Grove School

Oak Grove School offers innovative early childhood, elementary, junior high school programs, a college-preparatory high school, and a family-style boarding program all nourished by the educational vision of its founder, philosopher and educator J. Krishnamurti. Small classes in a natural environment are guided by experienced teachers who encourage discovery and inquiry while supporting exceptional academic, creative and personal growth.

Brockwood Park School

 The philosopher and educator Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986), one of whose primary concerns was right education, founded Brockwood Park School in 1969. The intentions of the School, stated in Krishnamurti's many public talks and books, can be summarised as follows:

* To educate the whole human being

* To explore what freedom and responsibility are in relationship with others and in modern society

* To see the possibility of being free from self-centred action and inner conflict

* To discover one's own talent and what right livelihood means

* To encourage excellence in academic studies

* To learn the proper care, use and exercise of the body

* To appreciate the natural world, seeing our place in it and responsibility for it

* To find the clarity that may come from having a sense of order and valuing silence.

YOGA

I personally have found hatha yoga to be a most important part of my life. It keeps my body healthy and in tune so I can life fully. I do a hot yoga practice at home which I learned from attending classes over the years. I often need a teacher to help me with alignment issues. It is difficult to recommend a type of yoga because there are so many varieties. So what works for me may not work for another. I list several links. Yet explore and don't be limited to my selections. Also, listen to your own body for guidance on what to eat, how much sleep you need and what kind of exercise you body craves. Your body may be happy with a long walk each day and not ask for more. The body has an intelligence that if we listen to it, we will not be in conflict with it and we will remain relatively healthy.

Bikram Yoga

Jimmy Barkam Yoga

Astronomy Web Sites

Here are two great sites to read and listen to updates on the night sky and other related topics on our environment and earth.

Earth and Sky

Sky and Telescope

One of my favorite places in the area. This shallow beach is in Apalachee Bay. We like to put our canoes on this beach and paddle north, up the oyster flats trying to find the clear cool waters of Shepard's Spring.

Education lies in your hands.

Question: What is the place of discipline in education? Krishnamurti: I should say, none. Just a minute, I will explain it further. What is the purpose of discipline? What do you mean by discipline? You, being the teacher, when you discipline, what happens? You are forcing, compelling; there is compulsion, however nice, however kind, which means conformity, imitation, fear. But you will say, `How can a large school be run without discipline?'. It cannot. Therefore, large schools cease to be educational institutions. They are profitable institutions, for the boss or for the government, for the headmaster or the owner. Sir, if you love your child, do you discipline him? Do you compel him? Do you force him into a pattern of thought? You watch him, don't you? You try to understand him, you try to discover what are the motives, the urges, the drives, that are behind what he does; and by understanding him, you bring about the right environment, the right amount of sleep, the right food, the right amount of play. All that is implied, when you love a child; but we don't love children, because we have no love in our own hearts. We just breed children. And naturally, when you have many, you must discipline them, and discipline becomes an easy way out of the difficulty. After all, discipline means resistance. You create resistance against that which you are disciplining. Do you think resistance will bring about understanding, thought, affection? Discipline can only build walls about you. Discipline is always exclusive, whereas understanding is inclusive. Understanding comes when you investigate, when you enquire, when you search out, which requires care, consideration, thought, affection. In a large school, such things are not possible, but only in a small school. But small schools are not profitable to the private owner or to the government; and since you, who are responsible for the government, are not really interested in your children, what does it matter? If you loved your children, not just as toys, as playthings to amuse you for a little while and a nuisance afterwards, if you really loved them, would you allow all these things to go on? Wouldn't you want to know what they eat, where they sleep, what they do all day long; whether they are beaten, whether they are crushed, whether they are destroyed? But this would mean an enquiry, consideration for others, whether for your own child or your neighbour's; and you have no consideration, either for your children, or for your wife or husband. So, the matter lies in your hands, Sirs, not in the hands of any government or system.

The Collected Works, Vol IV Bombay 9th Public Talk 13th March, 1948

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