tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post5875856948245895907..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: What Is A Child WorthPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-27303146509728725352017-11-12T13:03:57.569-05:002017-11-12T13:03:57.569-05:00Bravo, you crusty ole guy! This old gal applauds t...Bravo, you crusty ole guy! This old gal applauds the way you get right to the heart of this educational issue. Unfortunately the actions of many of my fellow teachers showed that they too felt this way, even if they spoke of "educating the whole child."Barbara R. Paciottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14409797561810764993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-70240708305566553702017-11-10T14:35:29.205-05:002017-11-10T14:35:29.205-05:00My son studied sociology and he came to the conclu...My son studied sociology and he came to the conclusion that our society hates children.<br /><br />I always thought of my children as special beings whose care had been entrusted to me by a sacred trust, and that it was an honor.<br /><br />The kids that I taught I always saw as individuals who were to be given respect, no matter how they acted or what their abilities were, just because they were human beings, human beings in the process of figuring out who they were.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-348056138484822017-11-10T14:15:59.770-05:002017-11-10T14:15:59.770-05:00Have you read Neil Postman's "Disappearan...Have you read Neil Postman's "Disappearance of Childhood?" This is exactly the sort of thing he's talking about. <br /><br />Everyone loves their kids, but not all cultures have made a big fuss of childhood as a phase of life. Postman argues that our modern idea of childhood, as a beautiful, important and extended period of self-discovery and self-realization, is the product of a set of cultural and technological forces (roughly, Protestantism and the printing press). He argues that today's electronic technology might make childhood redundant. <br /><br />And this is just the kind of thing he means: an impatience to get kids past that phase where they can't wipe themselves or write their names properly, and hurry them into their economic role in life. <br /><br />Things are changing in some very profound ways. And I'm really not having a "Bliss-was-it-in-that-dawn-to-be-alive" feeling about the changes. Madeleinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16055922376249533020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-50815425737711722922017-11-10T13:03:34.298-05:002017-11-10T13:03:34.298-05:00Amen!Amen!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16596143841112032475noreply@blogger.com