Alright...the Animal School video I recommended the other day has brought much lively (heated) discussion into our household. My dear husband is completely opposed to its message and interpreted it completely different than I did. I understand what he's trying to say...I just didn't come to the same conclusion he did when I watched it.
Here's a sampling of what Kevin had to say..."That is the most liberal, anti-discipline, anti-education piece of liberal propaganda I've seen in a long time. Of course all kids are unique but liberals take that too far until you get to what I perceive as lack of academic rigor and discipline."
I really just walked away from that video thinking all kids are unique and we need to be sensitive to that. Is he reading too much into it, or am I not reading enough?
Did you watch it?
What do you think?
Lol...I think my husband would say the same thing as Kevin. I, on the other hand, say the same thing as you, Jill. It's one of the (many) reasons I homeschool...I don't think anyone knows my children better than I do...and therefore, I can do a better job teaching them :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think there's a wrong or right way to view the message...each person is unique and has their own opinion :)
I agree with you and Britt. Rob would say the same thing as Kevin and I too saw it as you did Jill! It's so funny how we all see things differently.
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Thanks guys! When Kevin first started commenting on it I felt really bad for recommending it. And since no one really commented on the video the first time around, I was getting worried that I had completely gotten sucked into liberal agenda.
ReplyDeleteLike I said, I understand his viewpoint...I just didn't interpret it that way.
So thanks for the support! : )
As a teacher, I totally appreciate the message of the video. It can be so discouraging when I know that what the curriculum and the "powers that be" say I should be doing aren't necessarily what is best for a child. I agree with your husband in terms of the fact that we can take things too far (like the child in my class who has attacked adults and his parents feel that things like telling him he needs to do his work is "pressuring him" and that justifies the violent behaviour) but our education system really fails a lot of children.
ReplyDeleteI saw it the same way you did. But funny thing is I can picture Kevin seeing it that way :) Sometimes we mean a message to be read one way and then others read it another way. It makes you wonder how the authors of... say poetry... really meant their work to be read.
ReplyDeleteKeith and I agree with you Jill
ReplyDeleteI taught preschool for 12 years and sunday school for over 15years and worked with youth for6 years (high school) I thought it said that each child is unique and we can not teach everyone the same.
I have shared it with some of my friends and they (women and grandmothers) all got the same message.
for what it is worth
Mom
I thought the same thing as you did when I watched it! It made me feel that it was even more important to homeschool because you can teach each child the way that works best for them. Every child is different and it's hard to know what is going through their little heads, people need to be considerate of that. I'll have Nathan watch it...see what he thinks!
ReplyDeleteNow I'm curious...David is in town this weekend, we'll watch and report back!
ReplyDeleteI agree with your husband... Children are unique, yes, but that isn't a cop out to say, "oh, they are special so its okay for them to fail, or to act up. They can't help it, that's just how they are." No... We need discipline and hard work to persevere through the challenges. If everyone is pampered growing up then they won't make it in the real world where people won't stop and help you up when you fail. You have to be realistic.Children need to be taught how to make it when everything seems hard for them.
ReplyDeleteNathan had the same interpretation that you and I had....
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