The Global Education(http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Theater/9823/globaleducation.html)
for the 21st Century

By Masakazu Karita

There are two aspects in proceeding with global education. One aspect is globalization. Globalization is an aspect, which is common or standardized, and it has the potential to spread throughout the world or globally. The main aim for globalization is to see things and peoples not with one sided point of view or unilaterally but with bi-lateral or multi-points of view or even with global points of view; thus, we will be able to see things and peoples both subjectively and objectively and understand them well enough
to contribute to betterment of our future world civilization. Therefore, globalization is far from monopoly or any intention of occupying wider areas of the globe with one's value, color, or desire. Globalization is to have better communication for betterment of our world civilization, and global communication is a means to ends, neither rationalization as a means nor compromised outcomes as ends, but carefully designed means for more ideal and wealthier civilization for all the earthlings and not for a particular group of people nor the presently residing people on the earth. We should not just let it happen without considering its value and its possible outcome or outcomes since the earth is almost an everlasting entity.

The other aspect resides in respecting various cultural and individual values that have flourished throughout the globe in order to make the world civilization more fruitful. Ignoring them leads to the civilization only with poor and arrogant characters that will bring the residents, the designers, and the leaders into the peak of mere masturbation and temporary dispensation or suspension of thirst, agony, and vanity. In order to let one realize how splendid each cultural and individual aspect is, one must be able to communicate well in more than one's own language to see things, oneself, and one's values as well as others and their values. One can have successful communication with others who are not with one's cultural background only when one realizes that one's value cannot reflect in a mirror and that one cannot objectively see oneself and what one's real values are unless one communicates with the people outside one's value systems. Therefore, cultural and individual differences are of great virtue, and neither superior nor inferior is one to the other.

We must, therefore, never have globalization without respecting various cultural and individual values.

II. What Is the Goal of Global Education?

The goal of Global Education is the wholesome growth of our world civilization. Then what is the wholesome growth? First of all, one must know the difference between globalization and fascism. Globalization should not occur in any form of fascism. Also one must be able to know the possible outcomes if one aspect becomes global. If it is bad for all earthlings and or any of their offspring, one should not let it happen regardless of the fact that a particular group of people makes a large profit out of it. Then, obviously one's morale is to be practiced. If not, what's the worth of living on the earth as a human being? Especially, one, who makes decisions on global issues, must read, understand, and practice the ten principles as follows:

1. You should feel as comfortable with differences as you do with similarities, when it comes to horizontal feelings, like friendship or partnership. But vertical feelings, such as superiority or inferiority, should not be embraced. Here I would like to look at xenophobia. Some people feel xenophobic. If they see a person who looks different (from a different country or race), they feel scared that that different person might hurt them. This is a big misunderstanding and like all phobias, it is based on an unreasonable fear. In an extreme case someone might hurt another simply because they thought the other person might hurt them . . . and all because of their imagination or phobia. This is the first thing you should avoid if you want to become an internationally minded person. Remove xenophobia -- or any type of phobia -- as much as you can. You should feel as comfortable with different people as you do with similar people. Let me give you an example. Suppose in a different country you enter an elevator and push the button for the 142nd floor - your destination. However, the elevator stops at the second floor, and a very strange man or woman enters. You can't tell which. The person could be a very beautiful young lady, a handsome young man, or a very dangerous man or woman. But you cannot tell, because the person is wearing a hood and a robe. You can't even see the person's face. Perhaps you can barely see the chin of the person, but you still cannot tell the person's gender. The hood and robe are not just black and white, but colorfully decorated. That person pushes the button for the 143rd floor and it will take about four minutes to get there. How would you behave? If you want to feel comfortable during the four minutes, instead of feeling scared or xenophobic, why not try to create a comfortable atmosphere by communicating with the person positively and peacefully? Just thinking of yourself is not good enough if you want to live comfortably and peacefully with other people.

2.You should not measure other things or others only by your own standards. If you go to other countries and want to buy clothes or shoes, their measurements may be different. So are value systems. In one country a so-called "popular" face looks "just so", but in another country the popular face may be very different. The definition of beauty varies from one country to another. Value systems are different as well, so don't just judge other things or other people only with your own measurements.

3. You should be able to accept things as they are and to describe them not only subjectively but also objectively. If you could analyze what a thing is and how and why it is formed, the world would benefit by you. Even more, if you could predict the future from this accurate analysis, you would truly be valuable. In other words, you should be able to accept reality, and to cope with it.

4. Never impose any idea, ideology, custom, behavior, or value system upon others, or threaten to do so in any form. Rather, try to understand others.

5. Don't judge others when you know little about them. Don't judge solely on appearances, either. Prejudice is not a trait of the internationally minded person. It is natural to form some kind of image of another person. But do your best to eliminate prejudice.

6. You should constantly strive to broaden and deepen your knowledge towards whatever you encounter. During your life, you are apt to encounter different things. If you go to other countries, you will likely face many things that are completely different. Study about them. Try to broaden and deepen your knowledge so that you can develop a better understanding and gain wisdom about dealing with something new.

7. Be sensitive, alert, and considerate towards those you encounter, so they don't feel left out, lonely, or ostracized. But never try to interfere with their personal matters -- especially in their decision-making and privacy -- unless you are invited to do so. You should practice both concepts:

"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you" and conversely "Don't treat others in a way you wouldn't like to be treated yourself". The first concept is based on a basic western motto, whereas the second takes a more eastern approach. However, sometimes even if you treat others the way you would like to be treated, it may still turn out to be bad for them, if their measurements or value systems are different. So you have to consider beforehand what the value systems are. Then you can reconsider your action or behavior and act properly. The same thinking can be applied to the concept of "Don't treat others in a way you wouldn't like to be treated yourself". Sometimes you may think "I wouldn't want someone to do this to me, so I shouldn't do this to others". However, it may turn out that you should have done it to the particular person after all, because in his or her culture it is very important to behave so. So first you must study basic value systems. Then you can take proper action.

8. Be creative and constructive, and constantly try to think of ways to meet the needs of others.

9. Never try to hurt anyone. Indeed, do your best to persuade all human beings not to hurt each other. But if you or someone else hurts someone by mistake, try to understand the reason - why, so that it doesn't happen again.

10. Remember that in the world there is not just a single point of view. There is yours, yes. But there are also more than what you can anticipate, and more than you can imagine. Don't think that the world evolves around you. Self centered ideas are not appreciated by others, so be considerate also for those who are quiet, hesitant, and reserved. Stand in other people's shoes. Develop your thoughts. Develop your empathy. Then, you will be a true internationally minded person. And the world will be a better place because of it.

Therefore, increasing the number of those who read, understand, and practice the ten qualities above will be able to lead to the wholesome growth of the future world civilization.

III. What Are the Roles of English in terms of Globalization and the Degrees of Saturation of the Speakers' Culture?

A. When English is used within each regional culture and the communicational tool within the region or country such as United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, the degrees of saturation of the speakers' culture are quite high, and the culture is highly conveyed.

B. When English is used as an official language among several different language speakers for better communication within one region or one country for uniting several different peoples such as Singapore and Philippine, the degrees of saturation of the speakers' original culture are quite low, and the original culture can be conveyed through English to a certain extent whereas another aspects of culture within the communicating language or English develops with the influence of the people of English speaking countries..

C. When English is used between two or more than two English speaking countries for communicating with each other, the degrees of saturation of the speakers' culture are rather high, and the speakers' culture can be conveyed and understood as if one learns to understand different accents or dialects.

D. When English is used between an English speaking region or country and a non-English speaking region or country, the degree of the saturation of the English speaker's culture is high, and the speaker's culture can be highly conveyed whereas the degree of the saturation of the other speaker's culture is low and the other speaker's culture can only be conveyed to a certain extent.

E. When English is used between two non-English speaking regions or countries, the degrees of the saturation of the speakers' culture are low, and their original cultures can be conveyed to a certain extent with the influence of the people of some English speaking countries.

F. When English is used among more than two regions or countries whether one or two or more than two of them is or are (an) English speaking country or countries, the degrees of the saturation of the speakers' culture can be higher among the native English speakers than the non-native English speakers, and the speakers' cultures can be variously conveyed.

G. When English is used in an international organization such as United Nations, each cultural English seems to be most highly expressed whether it is broken or not, though "Broken English" is the most popular language used in the United Nations according to the newspaper. In other words, each speaker is trying one's best to convey one's cultural aspect within one's spoken or written English, and even with the use of the translation.

H. When English is used for specific purposes such as business, science, technology, industry, traveling, education, sports, arts, entertainment, etc., the degrees of the saturations of the speakers' cultures vary and become sophisticated, however, each cultural aspect seems to be sliced off or less saturation of each culture occurs as globalization proceeds further, and each must create globally acceptable qualities for some global purposes.

I. When English is used in the inter-net, often one has to admit the fact that many cultural aspects are less saturated with the use of English, however, the opportunities remain abundantly as long as one seeks to find different cultural values beyond the cultural and individual border of one's anticipation or imagination.

IV. What's Really Going on this Globe?

As long as there are more people who are working for those who deceive people either gigantically or faintly, we will not be able to have decent future world civilization as globalization includes more and more enterprises, organizations, groups, and even countries that are functioning for the benefit of those deceivers. Therefore, even if you thought you were an innocent world citizen, you might indirectly be working for them. Then, a question naturally arises that "Who stops the deceivers that have already developed and expanded their scales and systems and can no longer go back to the point they had started?" They might insist that they just have to keep deceiving people to maintain their huge systems running to feed their many workers as they are now. The monster-like entities expand like cancer cells. We can no longer fight them back. They have already been within us. Killing them means to destroy us. The heads of them have known it. They have started worrying about their grand children being victimized in some way or other. Our descendants have to struggle for the entire global history from now on. They even don't know how to stop these phenomena. They have been wondering and wandering how they could change the global society and bring those cancer cells back to the healthy cells.

V. The Macro Theory for the 21st Century--the Eternal Law--:

Whatever you have done unto others and to the nature will be done unto yourself sooner or later, after your death or usually after you are reincarnated.

"Wait! Just wait, my great grand son. You've got to be more kind and have some empathy towards other people. I am your great grand father. Don't you remember me? I had held you in my arm when you had been a small kid."

"How could you be my great grand pa! You don't look that old. Besides, you look completely different from my race. Above all, you are in another gender. I mean you are a poor shabby woman."

"Well, I should have been nicer to my wife. That's another problem of mine I had to deal with before I was determined to be reborn. Since my impact in my previous life had been so great upon other people that I still have to pick up 30 or 50 different beings in 30 or 50 areas of this globe."

"Who makes such important decisions?"

"Well, in my case those dead souls unanimously voted for that 'I need to be reincarnated to feel themselves,' and usually they don't remember much about what I had done good to them."

"So, have you become sensitive enough to have some empathy towards other people?"

"Why not! Back in my previous life business was all that mattered me! It was not only my choice but was just timely at that time."

"Do you still feel the same way?"

"No, my life here is very slow. Everything just goes slowly. I mean slow enough to think of all other people and the nature around me, I guess."

"I see. It just reminded me of such a feeling of life I might have held a long time ago."

"Then, Son, don't waste your life. You might end up being like me. Then, circulating different beings one another makes no progress. Remember the seventh principle that goes 'be sensitive, alert, and considerate towards those you encounter, so they don't feel left out, lonely, or ostracized. But never try to interfere with their personal matters -- especially in their decision-making and privacy -- unless you are invited to do so. You should practice both concepts . . . '"

"Well, I should keep that in my mind, but I feel quite urged to go back to my life, my role of being a gigantically successful business tycoon."

"I used to feel exactly like that!"

"Then, it is my destiny, too."

"No, my son, take this and feel it, and you will never feel urged to do anything for your own benefit. This is your true being!"

"Then, what have I been doing up to now then? Acting like an insensitive boastful business tycoon?"

"Yes, you had been manipulated by something other than your real soul."

"What was it, then? I'm now very confused."

"You had never been restful up to this moment, always urged to do this and that to expand your business and profit."

"Profit! Yes, I just remembered my new construction plans . . . "

"Endless or hopeless! You've got to feel this!"

"No time to feel it and no time for relaxation! I have my own business to take care."

"Don't go, son! You will just be wasting your whole life on the globe! Don't leave now, and take this with you. There will be some time you might stop and think and feel really relaxed from your whole life!"

"But this seems to be your only valuable, right!"

"Yeah, I might have to start feeling antagonistic towards somebody else."

"Then, you need this one."

"But you are my great grand son! You've got to take this with you

Love Me Tender, Love This Globe

words by Globe Earthlings

Love me tender; love this globe,

Never destroy me.

It's up to you how use me

till your heart's content.

Love me tender; love me true.

Anywhere you go.

Every life is part of me,

You know how I feel.

Love me tender; love me long.

Don' let me forget

how your children play on me,

Hope they never end.

Love me tender; love me dear.

You are part of me.

With all that you act on me,

I will sing for you.

Love me tender forever!

I'll be in your hands.

Happiness will follow me

When you all will smile.

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