Letter to:  Alderman: George A. Cardenas (12th Ward) by Norman Kozak   Dear Alderman Cardenas: I caught the tail end of your conversation on Comcast TV (Sept. 14) concerning the improvement of education in the Chicago Public Schools. As a CPS alum, I feel obligated to comment and offer-up a solution to this longstanding complex problem. In my opinion, in order to improve the lives and academic achievements of students, a new, comprehensive "HOLISTIC APPROACH" to education needs to be implemented. The holistic approach to education has as its CENTER, the VALUE, INTEGRATION, and FULL development of the TOTAL student at all levels of being: body, mind, and human spirit. A while ago, on TV, I heard Mayor Daley say that he employs a holistic approach to the city's problems: ALL things considered, nothing left to chance. If Mayor Daley embraces the holistic approach to problem solving, shouldn't the CPS be proactive and do likewise? I am willing to donate, devote, and contribute some of my time to this much needed aspect of education and motivation. The first part of the holistic program deals with the methods and techniques for developing, training, and maintaining a student's WILL POWER as an established HABIT. Presently, there is no school that even has a mini-course on training of the WILL. Yet the WILL or WILL POWER is the talent to develop all other talents, is at the basis of every activity, and is the most powerful factor in every great and noble thing that people accomplish. My program is based on authoritative sources: the wisdom of the "greatest thinkers" of the ages. According to the philosopher Rene Descartes, the WILL is pre-eminent among the powers of the mind. The late Bishop Sheen likened Will Power to an electrical dynamo, and said that hardly an educator speaks of training of the WILL. In a similar vein, the philosopher and author Abraham Heschel, said that schools provide information, but nothing on the training of the WILL. Alderman Cardenas, Wouldn't it be great if WILL POWER was each student's constant companion? Just imagine how motivated each student would be. Enclosed is a letter that I sent to principal Bill Gerstein when he was at my alma mater, South Shore High School, a thank you letter from Don Pittman, and a testimonial on a lecture that I gave at Truman College. Sincerely, Norman Kozak 8054 Niles Ave. Skokie, IL. 60077 (847) 674-7945