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There has been proposed a Nexial FOUNDATION ION for instructional / teaching purposes. (interestingly enough this name was also agreed as to name and purpose by the Colorado Nexial Institute - we both arrived at a similar concept and purpose, and in part a means of getting to that purpose !) This foundation would teach young students Nexial concepts and provide an unparalleled education. . The Foundation in this version lacks funding to construct and operate a campus. The Campus would take gifted children (and ONLY gifted children) at roughly age 12 to 13 -but mental age 16 , i.e. by the conventional IQ standards, those of IQ 135 and up, and in 5 years of schooling graduate young men and women with the equivalent of depth of roughly 5 college Bachelor's degrees, and one specialist Master's degree. The classes will be of normal University quality, and aim at elimination of useless repetition for these students. Also the summer "Vacation" has been eliminated. There is more loss (forgetting) in the summer than is reasonable, and this in intended to give a uniform learning all year around with 4 eleven week terms, and 4 two week breaks that are usually scheduled field trips and or activities to broaden the student's experience. This is envisioned as a boarding school situation, with the parents and or siblings being particularly invited to share the 4 two week break excursions. The Language requirements are typical Nexial departure from "normal". The entering student will elect a major foreign language to attain fluency. (If the student is already bi or poly lingual they will be given full credit for that, and they will elect another different language for study, but may elect either / any of the primary languages for additional study, particularly in Literature of that language (or languages). The goal is that every graduate will be at minimal fluently bilingual, and have a working knowledge of a third language. The student will receive an intensive 2 years education in ten elected language, and in the third year will be immersed in the language 24 hours a day, using it for almost all activities. They will speak it at school home , and if they do not ask for "por favor las papas fritas" they will not get the fried potatoes. The vacation times in 3rd and 4th year where practical will be to that nation to get first hand accent from the native speakers. IN the 4th adn 5th year they will also be required (assuming they were not already at least trilingual at this point) to study a third language to a working level, (but not full fluency). All of the classes are aimed at this higher level of attainment, and the "grades" are NOT the main emphasis, but obtaining working knowledge IS the emphasis. Also the tree of knowledge will be "pruned" to remove useless exercises that have no use in later life. Example derivations in math will be discarded except for a few that offer mental exercise or to give a required depth of understanding as to restrictions or assumptions which will only be "tolerated". If it has no further use, it will be discarded. This is a liberal education with a vengeance, reaching for the limit of mankind's understanding in virtually all areas. It does require re-thinking of what is useful, but also demands exploration in depth that usually is not available except to specialists. They will be generalists with a breadth that is unthinkable in today's world.
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