Self-Questioning

Dear All,

After the busy months of the Summer and the Fall, I still feel the great emptiness of those speedy days and I miss them. However, my family insist on my resting for some time and thus they want me to support my tired body. My feelings & my love for creating more projects are in one hand and my health & wishes of my family are on the other. They are trying to convince me to lessen the burden of my projects upon my shoulders. For me, the former is more important but for them; the latter!

Working hard for long hours never makes me step back but the obstacles before us... This is the most important criterion to lessen my work. For years and years, I have been working hard to create and to lead many projects. If you have a supporting body behind you to lead successful projects, there exists no problem. However, we all know that educational projects are rarely supported and publicized by media. The world has changed a lot, and the education seems to have lost its affect and charm on people. What a pity!

The newly appeared values & beliefs lead our youngesters to dangerous and violent-focused valleys...How will we save them? It seems to be difficult. We need the support of not only schools and parents but also the other powerful environments and means like; media, politicians, and even religious people. Ethical side of human beings seems to have changed its target. Money is the most powerful motivator for the youth. Is it so, in reality? To realize this, what are needed? To reach at a certain age? T have a different type of training? Friends? What?

I have been combatting for improving the quality level of individuals, organizations and especially schools since 1992. How successful have I become? Was it and also is it easy? Why and why not? What are the main ingredients? Do we have all of them for the sustainability? As you guess; these are very difficult questions... This puzzle must be solved but how? Such kind of self- questioning makes my mind busy nowadays. I wanted to share one part of it. Do you feel the same? If you do, why do not you write to me? Sharing is one important way of creating synergy. If you agree, please share your thoughts...

With love and peace.

Hayal Köksal