The Shaun Michael School

A Journalism and Creative Writing School

INTRODUCTION

Solomon would love living in our generation!

In today’s world system, the individual is a powerful force, because of communications technology.

Communications technology makes it relatively easy for anyone to generate new, innovative and original ideas. Yet, the Education System does not prepare people to maximise their latent human potential.

A person equipped with good ideas can communicate these new concepts and understandings of life to a global audience.

But most people are not trained to spot new, innovative thinking. And they are not trained to communicate, to express, those ideas and new thoughts to a global audience.

In other words, people today who have communications technology at their finger-tips are unaware

- not sensitized - to the awesome power in their grasp.

In this scenario, The Shaun Michael School of Comprehension and Composition exists to fill this knowledge gap.

VISION: A training ground for thinkers and communicators in the 21st century

GOAL: Operation of a Private College where students learn the art of Understanding and Expression

METHOD: Students are taught to develop original ideas into marketable media products

Some of the topics covered in the program course include:

Media Entrepreneurship
Book Production
E-Commerce Start-up
Newsletter and Newspaper Business Operation
Publishing & Marketing
Video Documentary Writing and Production
Communications Technology in the Global Environment
Writing Fiction
Writing Non-Fiction
Writing For Different Genres
Literary Criticism & Appreciation
Coordinating Mind, Body & Soul In Developing Spiritual Intelligence
Critical Thinking & Logic
The Concept of Design As A Commodity

Also, key Investigative Journalism skills are taught in this course. These include:

Ø Research Techniques

Ø Interviewing Techniques

Ø Listening Skill

Ø Skills of Observation

Ø Researching On The Internet

Ø Asking Probing Questions

Ø Notes Taking

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Copyrighted Shaun Michael Samaroo 2007 -

"All students by the time they leave high school (or technical school) should have learned, I believe, something about the principles of mathematics, physics, and chemistry; the way our bodies work; why we behave as we do in our communities, in our families, and as individuals, and why we need to be ethical; the past, through history and literature; how to express ideas through speech and writing; and the practice of at least one art (such as dramatics, music, painting, sculpture, ceramics), so that they can feel the excitement of creation and gain some respect for the arts in general."
"Other permanent qualities of character that schools should try to develop are creativity or originality, so that people can imagine better and more beautiful ways to do things; initiative, so that they can get started on solving problems without waiting to be prodded; responsibility, so that they can be counted on to do the right thing whether or not someone is watching." - Benjamin Spock, The Atlantic monthly