Global incongruity between those who have education and those who are incarcerated

For Immediate Release

COLLINGWOOD, Ontario Canada/EWORLDWIRE/March 9, 2010 --- A former high school dropout has published a document rhetorically titled, "The Layman's Petition," taking direct aim at some deeply held social and cultural taboos associated with education. Drawing directly on his personal experience, first-time author Paul Young raises questions about the moral authority of a system that fails to "recognize either the fundamental purpose or the medium itself, as it relates to human consciousness, and the role of dignity in a healthy and just society." Attempts by the author to engage the educational establishment continue to go unacknowledged.

Contacted through the book's Web site, Young remarked, "I wanted to produce a work that would provide both educators and parents with direct insight into the world of an academically and thus socially marginalized member of society."

Having pursued no further formal education, the now 50-year-old high school dropout continued, "Not all high school dropouts end up in jail; the global incongruity between those numbers of people possessing less than a high school diploma and those actually incarcerated suggests that there is more going on with the human experience than a simple social/academic model would have us believe."

When asked about the ultimate objective of his work, Young quoted a symbolic preamble woven into the book's title chapter: "Whereas history has not solved conflict through any sub-collective or cumulative thought process, we ask for your blessing to let us seek each other through our underlying intelligence."

Young dropped out of high school in the mid-1970s when unskilled labor jobs were still relatively plentiful.

Asked if he would encourage today's marginalized student to follow his example, the emphatic reply was, "Absolutely not!

"Although I do not regret my specific choices, opportunities have changed dramatically since those days; I encourage all academically marginalized students to remain within a learning environment for as long as humanly possible. I urge all other students, parents, teachers and Ministry of Education officials to acknowledge the disruptive and unsustainable nature of an educational system that consistently fails to recognize its fundamental purpose within a democratic society."

The book and supporting materials can be downloaded free. A quality paperback version of the book is available from Trafford Publishing at 'http://www.thelaymanspetition.ca'.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Paul Young
info@thelaymanspetition.ca
'http://www.thelaymanspetition.ca'

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CONTACT:
Paul Young
Author
Collingwood, Ontario L9Y 4B2
PHONE. 7054458969
EMAIL: info@thelaymanspetition.ca
http://www.thelaymanspetition.ca

SOURCE: Author Paul Young