Animal School

A eye-opening reflection on how we view children and how we teach children in our current education system

Category:

Education

Tags:

• play
• child development
• no child left behind
• standardized testing
• public school
• jc boushh
• design for play

[adamladley]

This shows that we need a more flexible schooling system, one that benefits the pupil instead of being convenient for the teacher and the education system.

[bingomadmum1]

This video has made me so glad that I home educated my children for the last 6 years, I will never look back. They have achieved so much.

[healthysmiles1170]

I have shown this my college students, these children grow up and we are teaching them, they are teaching our children and I see them in my dental hygiene practice, a wonderful lesson on the gift of human kindness, dignity and respect.. thank you.. I was a "kangaroo" but became a bee!

[MrGraemem123]

stupid



[BrancoFado]

. B

[kark4130]

I want the 2min 34 seconds back that I gave to this before realizing it was just another trite oversimplified suggestion of perceived injustices presented in the form of a ridiculously unrealistic analogy.

[sterilejayco]

combination of both is better!!!!!

[amlohana]

a must view by every Educator

[overlordtaylor]

sucks

[insomniacgrace]

thanks, so cool and so amazing!

[violetprimitives]

@flawedxromancexo I think it's just easier to use "he," and is less awkward, poetically. Just a guess. I think that your second point is valid, but I also think that it is *exactly* the message that the video is trying to make. "We" (parents, school teachers, etc.) need to pay more attention to the kids and their needs, and that would have to include hearing from them...because sometimes "we" suck at knowing the right thing to do for our kids...at least, that's my interpretation. YMMV. :)

[violetprimitives]

@cap272 Who claimed that p.s. is bad and h.s. is good? Certainly not this video. Home schooling isn't even mentioned. It's great that your son excelled in what was obviously a good school. Many people aren't so fortunate as to have a gifted child, coupled with a school that provides such opportunities as an orchestra.

What if your school had no music or sports, with teachers who are burned out? Some schools are great, many are average, some terrible. Your son was one of the lucky ones.