EDUCATION FOR THE WORLD
Sir,-Reading your leading article inspired by an interview with Dr. C. E. Beeby concerning improvements in world education, I was rather disgusted to find that the first and foremost
faults in present world education were not even mentioned. At present every youngster is being impressed with the fact that his own patch of earth is the hub of the universe. History books are being faked for that purpose and those "traditions," instead of being wiped out, are being most carefully preserved. We don’t even seem to know that patriotism is at present the world’s greatest evil, as it is’ the capitalists’ mainstay against the creation of a world state. However, before a world state can be successfully established Esperanto must be taught in all schools. Yet Esperanto was not even mentioned by Dr. Beeby. Must our living standards , continue to go down and down, with every war being more devastating than ever, just because we lack that small grain of common sense to hand all‘ military powers over to United Nations and be done with armaments?
C. F. B.
WEISS
(Mangonui)
on O!, for, Ol the hobby-horse is forgot."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 547, 16 December 1949, Page 5
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193EDUCATION FOR THE WORLD New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 547, 16 December 1949, Page 5
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