Getting individuals and communities to take responsibility for themselves is the point of departure for building or rebuilding the Education chain. Every individual must be made to realize that he or she holds personal, decisive power over his or her Education. The proliferation of the actions of informed, empowered, emotionally balanced, responsible individuals provide the thrust for collective initiatives that can really change things in society over the long term. The collective feeling, like most values, primarily comes from the family of the student; this is where the need to belong first appeared (see Maslow). Parents need to be involved in their child's day to day activities, even if the modern busy life makes it challenging. For critical key skills, busy parents should find the time; but for all the other academic and thinking skills OakEdu's tutors can complement.
OakEdu strives to grant each parent the peace of mind that comes from knowing their children are safe, happy, respected and intellectually stimulated. There is a family-like cooperative environment where responsibility and mutual respect are encouraged because they shape a favorable learning context. Students work harmoniously in groups, meet challenges, build a strong fact-based self-esteem, display positive attitude behaviours, feel like belonging to a learning forward-thinking community, know what they can do, know they can make a difference and know they can handle what comes...