Mr. Winkle Wakes

Short, to the point, and very funny. In 2 mins. we see how we fail to adapt in education.
It is not what we are taught, but how we are taught the that makes people want to learn. Currently my Education Media class in Fairhope, Alabama is teaching me how to make podcast/animation. When I teach, I can show my kids the ecosystem of a rainforest or Spanish lessons in Barcelona. The possibilities are endless. Keeping them interested and creative by allowing them to join in. Boredom kills.

And when Rip (he and AmericanRuffian are on a first name basis together) wakes up AGAIN in 100 more years, the year 2109 will still show schools the same as they are.
Remember, schools as we know them were invented by corporations to make obedient employees.

We should start a school system like I think it was Belgium, where each kid gets vouchers and can decide what school they want to go to and so the schools have to compete by being innovative to attract their students.

But the problem isn't necessarily schools, it's school districts, it's national educational policy, it's lack of leadership from the top. Just having schools compete with one another for students isn't going to necessarily solve those problems.

What software did you use to make this?

I used Final Cut Pro.

Love it... hope to share it with kids so they can begin to challenge the way schools today work!

Aewseome!

Not many families are able to afford homeschooling or private school...they need the public school system. I don't think it's an either or proposition where we must choose homeschooling OR public school. Homeschool is fine for some but for the rest of us we have an obligation to continue to improve public education.

not really...it would be different and would be a change...public schools are still fairly new for the most part...in many ways, public schools kill creativity in young people, without the ps, things would work out better...