'The War On Kids', Director Cevin Soling, and Why Kids Bully (DYAF and MTM)

For Do Yourself A Favor (DYAF), host Jonathan Kim (Huffington Post, What the Flick) recommends the excellent documentary THE WAR ON KIDS, which explores how harsh zero-tolerance policies, overmedication, and other aspects of the education system have made schools more like prisons where students don't learn and are denied their rights.

This week's Movies That Matter (MTM) segment involves a happy coincidence, when the director of THE WAR ON KIDS, Cevin Soling, happened to send Jonathan an unsolicited email sharing his thoughts on bullying and how the media continues to ignore how the failings of our education system contribute to it.

To watch THE WAR ON KIDS for FREE(!), check out this playlist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puxX_2oRXdU&feature=results_main&playn...

To see Jonathan's original review of THE WAR ON KIDS and his discussion about the film with TYT's Cenk Uygur, go here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbL5-q7ebsg

To read Jonathan's interview with THE WAR ON KIDS director Cevin Soling, go here
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-kim/rethink-interview-cevin-s_b_439460...

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[alphacause]

I have a big complaint about Rethink Reviews. Why aren't there more of them!? I love Jonathan's insightful analysis of films, and their social and political implications. Please release more reviews.

[RethinkReviews]

@alphacause Thanks so much! I actually had to take a break because some big stuff (all positive) came up and ate up a lot of my time, and now I'm going out of the country for a month, but I promise we'll be coming back strong in the new year!

[MigratoryEagle]

I agree with alphacause. More reviews please.. :)

[komanoise]

AWSOME VID!

[KlipKultur5]

Was Jonathan left alone in the old studio?

[bunkmasterflex]

@bunkmasterflex I've often wondered why students aren't pushed to learn in a more co-operative manner. School was always oriented in the form of a competition. A way to separate the cream from the crop. knowledge was viewed as a personal possession to be stockpiled and never shared. Certain kids were supposed to fail. They weren't supposed to be given the tools to succeed, the system depended on them them to already have it.

[bunkmasterflex]

@bunkmasterflex In ways because i felt so undervalued or insignificant in the actual classes, I strove to find value and significance in my peers which at such a young age led to very, very, unfortunate consequences. In essence because we're all relegated to feel like such peasants in the school, we all strive to be kings among our classmates and friends. A goal which will inevitably lead you to hurt others to better yourself.

[bunkmasterflex]

I always had a hard time dealing with the unjust environment i met at school. I wasn't bullied, to be honest at times I was probably the bully and what that man said was so true it struck a nerve. I'd be so enraged by that mandatory waste of time I met with everyday with an overwhelmed and underfunded school board. I aced all my classes and felt so held back that i would push the arbitrary and pointless rules as a way to give myself a feeling of control. This ultimately led to y failure.

[quaxk]

those schools sound nasty, hopefully not all u.s. schools are like that