Learning How to Learn                                                                                                                               

Questions and Answers are cited below as

"Q" and "A"

1. Q: Why do I raise this question?

A: New York Times columnist, Thomas L. Friedman (see his annexed op-ed copy of Friday, May 6, 2005) is utterly right that:

   "... the most important thing you can learn in this era of the heightened global competition is how to learn. Being really good at ëlearning how to learn,' as President Bill Brody of John Hopkins put it, will be an enormous asset in an era of rapid change and innovation, when new jobs will be phased in and old ones phased out faster than ever."

   "In today's flat world, ... Intel can be a totally successful company without ever hiring another American. That is not its desire or intention, he said, but the fact is that it can now hire the best brain talent ëwherever it resides.' "

   "It you look at where Intel is making its new engineering investments today, he said, it is in China, India, Russia, Poland and, to a lesser extent, Malaysia and Israel. While cutting-edge talent is still being grown in America, he added, it's not enough for Intel's needs, and not enough is being done in U.S. public schools -not just to leave no child behind, but to make sure that the best students and teachers are nurtured and rewarded."

2. Q: Has anyone else centered attention on this?

A: Yes.

3. Q: Who?

A: Michel Thomas. His book "Test of Courage" is his lifetime biography including his famed quick-learning technique. There should be a continuing focus on this technique, not- withstanding his recent death from a stroke.

Annexed is a reference to Thomas' investigator, Alex Kline. This grabs the essence of Thomas' joy to learn. It is embodied in a summary of the quick learning technique. This shows why Thomas' joy to learn can be so workable.

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cc: George W. Bush, President
Richard Cheney, Vice President
John Kerry, Senator
Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Colonel Oliver North
Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security
Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General
Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain
Jack Straw, British Foreign Secretary
Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel
His Excellency Daniel Ayalon
Ambassador of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu, Economy Minister for the Israeli Government
Israel's "Women In Green" National Unity Coalition for Israel
Arianna Huffington, Syndicated Columnist
Oriana Fallaci, International Journalist, Interviewer and Author
Yohanan Ramati, Chairman, Jerusalem
Institute for Western Defense
Gerardo Joffe, FLAME (Facts & Logic About the Middle East)
Mortimer Zuckerman, Editor in Chief - US News and World Report
Time Magazine
Washington Post - Attn: Bob Woodward
International Jerusalem Post
The Weekly Standard - Bill Kristol, Editor
The Wall Street Journal - Editorial and Op-Ed Department
The New York Times, Op-Ed Department
Los Angeles Times, Op-Ed Department
Dr. and Mrs. Jordan Phillips, Medical Books for China International
Alex Kline, Investigation & Research Service