I love the views on competitiveness. Competition could be blamed for so much that is wrong with our culture / society. However as soon as you challenge it you are challenging peoples beliefs and who are those people ? The competitive breed ! it is an impossible mission.
This could be turned into a massive argument either way but competition is based on the fact that someone has to get beaten that someone has to lose ( + glorified ) and is this fundamentally good from anyone's perspective ?
I totally agree with that last part about competition. I always thought we wanted children to *get along* with others. However, if we force children (or even teenagers and adults for that matter) to academically compete and regard others as rivals and obstacles, then getting along with others loses all it's meaning. Why would we force children to do something else that contradicts what we wanted them to do in the first place?
I've already taken care of my kids education. I knew years ago from my own pathetic education that something was badly wrong, so I educated myself porperly, which included psychology & Politics + common sense. Your kids are just being brainwashed with irrelavent crap to dumb them down into submission of the State!...Teach them independant thought & how to love....you could do a lot worse. Also enlighten them to Government, as "politics" is the Modern Day root of all Evil! goto davidicke com
Strangely enough.... when I was in a state school I was put in lower classes.... given the most basic of work. All because of my lack of ability to be able to write at a certain speed. I had nearly all of the answers... but because I couldn't communicate it I was put down.
Now that I have been in college and given access to a computer to write my assignments. I'm probably one of the most productive students in the class.
@hazeleyes1944 it's true. Im a senior in high school and looking back to previous years, when teachers told me to review an article and critically think about it, i didn't even know what to do. We're literally taught to learn this, ask questions only about the subject, pass test, and move on to the next subject.
How can this video have only 23 views? It should have 23 million views. I feel so fortunate to have discovered this author just as I became a parent. Imagine a world in which everyone was as bright, as compassionate, as caring, and as logical as Alfie Kohn.
I love the views on competitiveness. Competition could be blamed for so much that is wrong with our culture / society. However as soon as you challenge it you are challenging peoples beliefs and who are those people ? The competitive breed ! it is an impossible mission.
This could be turned into a massive argument either way but competition is based on the fact that someone has to get beaten that someone has to lose ( + glorified ) and is this fundamentally good from anyone's perspective ?
MrEddiebaby11 1 month ago
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MrEddiebaby11 1 month ago
Italy is not prepared to this way of teaching!! I'm definitely convinced of it!
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I totally agree with that last part about competition. I always thought we wanted children to *get along* with others. However, if we force children (or even teenagers and adults for that matter) to academically compete and regard others as rivals and obstacles, then getting along with others loses all it's meaning. Why would we force children to do something else that contradicts what we wanted them to do in the first place?
musicloverdude5 2 months ago
I've already taken care of my kids education. I knew years ago from my own pathetic education that something was badly wrong, so I educated myself porperly, which included psychology & Politics + common sense. Your kids are just being brainwashed with irrelavent crap to dumb them down into submission of the State!...Teach them independant thought & how to love....you could do a lot worse. Also enlighten them to Government, as "politics" is the Modern Day root of all Evil! goto davidicke com
theyarelying2u 4 months ago
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Strangely enough.... when I was in a state school I was put in lower classes.... given the most basic of work. All because of my lack of ability to be able to write at a certain speed. I had nearly all of the answers... but because I couldn't communicate it I was put down.
Now that I have been in college and given access to a computer to write my assignments. I'm probably one of the most productive students in the class.
Technology is the future of education.
revron77 2 months ago
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musicloverdude5 5 months ago
Appreciate
VanessaNeiditch 5 months ago
Kids SHOULD be anxious. Public schools in the US don't prepare them for the working world.
hazeleyes1944 7 months ago
@hazeleyes1944 it's true. Im a senior in high school and looking back to previous years, when teachers told me to review an article and critically think about it, i didn't even know what to do. We're literally taught to learn this, ask questions only about the subject, pass test, and move on to the next subject.
KbLy24 1 month ago
which of his books is he regarding?
RevolutionaryJam 7 months ago
@RevolutionaryJam He is talking about the issues he addresses in his book Feel-Bad Education: And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling.
BeaconBroadside 7 months ago in playlist Alfie Kohn
Outstanding.. I am posting on the Education Now! Facebook page and my own Facebook wall... Thank you Alfie Kohn..
bizakis9 8 months ago 2
I agree. WHY DOES IT NOT HAVE A BILLION VIEWS. The world needs to be changed. Sign me up.
djswaggerz 9 months ago 3
How can this video have only 23 views? It should have 23 million views. I feel so fortunate to have discovered this author just as I became a parent. Imagine a world in which everyone was as bright, as compassionate, as caring, and as logical as Alfie Kohn.
menken8 10 months ago 9