The Montessori Model United Nations

From: Montessori Life | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Cunningham, Judith | Copyright information

We find ourselves at a moment in time in which spiritual life is neglected and materialism is extolled as a virtue; in which physical prowess of human beings has surpassed that of nature and in which we glimpse the horror of human destruction. Because of this, we proclaim that the development of higher energies, of higher characteristics of human beings, is one of the most urgent needs of our social life.

(From a letter written by Maria Montessori to All Governments in 1947, often refe...

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