| Life-long learning has been discovered by | | | | at life. It was also life-changing for me, as |
| hundreds of thousands of people, in the U.S. | | | | prisoners challenged virtually every concept |
| and elsewhere, wanting improved education and | | | | that didn't fit into their everyday negative |
| the necessary educational tools for success. | | | | life experiences. It made me a much stronger |
| One of the most popular of these courses is | | | | teacher. |
| speed reading. I discovered this while | | | | |
| teaching reading and study skills in the | | | | In 1985 I was invited to teach multiple |
| southwest US. | | | | classes on different islands in Hawaii. The |
| | | | great weather, outstanding views of the |
| After two years of teaching these specialized | | | | Pacific and ancient history, made my |
| speedreading classes, colleges and | | | | experience of teaching speedreading classes, |
| Universities in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, | | | | to students of several ethnic backgrounds |
| California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona and | | | | such a phenomenal experience that I moved to |
| Hawaii requested me to teach classes for | | | | Maui for a year. |
| them. Private corporations wanted courses of | | | | |
| stress-management plus speed reading for | | | | As a teacher of educational success tools, |
| their executives and sales personnel. | | | | study skills, and loving being a traveler, |
| | | | the offer of being affiliated with several |
| My experience was outstanding teaching live | | | | colleges and Universities from Florida to |
| speed reading classes, business success | | | | Hawaii, excited me. |
| courses, and college study skills courses | | | | |
| around the south and southwest. Traveling | | | | In Florida, for a wholistic health |
| from college to university and teaching | | | | foundation, I developed and taught |
| weekend speed reading seminars, or evening | | | | specialized courses in speed reading, |
| classes in study skills, provided a fantastic | | | | remedial education, and developed of |
| experience for me to meet thousands of people | | | | educational tools which I later taught in |
| in cities around the country. Students ranged | | | | other parts of the country. Just for fun, I |
| in age from 7 years old to 91 and from | | | | was able to add methods of stress management, |
| primary school through grad school and from | | | | success visualization, and other exciting |
| many career fields. As time progressed I | | | | techniques to stimulate audiences that came |
| implemented stress management and relaxation | | | | from all over the state to meet me. After a |
| therapy along with the educational tools of | | | | short time I was able to add humor to some |
| speed reading and study skills. This made | | | | lectures to keep students stimulated to enjoy |
| everyone, including myself, essentially | | | | the learning experience. |
| stress-free. | | | | |
| | | | My teaching of classes in life-long learning |
| After multiple successes with researching and | | | | was cut short by surgical accidents in 1994 |
| teaching corporate programs, I was invited to | | | | in Tampa, Florida , but from 1977 to 1993, |
| find a cause and solution to the prison riots | | | | I've enjoyed teaching over 8,000 people in |
| that occurred in 1980 in Santa Fe, New | | | | the US. Since then my courses have been |
| Mexico. I aired the results on public radio | | | | published in Beijing China, and the US and |
| and was invited to teach in a New Mexico | | | | Mexico and shipped electronically and in |
| prison, by the office of then Governor Bruce | | | | printed form to 27 countries throughout the |
| King. In 1982 once a week, I taught a | | | | world to those wanting improved education and |
| four-hour a method called Future-Learning, | | | | the educational tools for success. The most |
| which was later retitled as Be Dynamic | | | | popular of these courses is speed reading |
| through Speed Reading and is now available | | | | which I've written books in English, Spanish, |
| online at Twenty five students and staff | | | | French, German, Dutch and Chinese. All of |
| members had life changing experiences from | | | | this came from from classes I have taught to |
| learning how to read efficiently, reduce | | | | eager students and adults wanting a better |
| excess stress, and taking a long, hard, look | | | | life for themselves. |