Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Capitalism, power and Legotown

A teacher writes about how she and her colleagues took Legos away from the kids they teach in order to show them the evils of power and private ownership and the virtues of collectivism. It's a thoughtful piece with well-meaning ideas...that I will add to my "why I'm going to homeschool" file.

via Kristina's Soapbox

1 comment:

Unknown said...

This type of behavior just drives me nuts! (Says the daughter of an education professor)

1) It's good for kids to figure out how to "share" on their own. It's takes time and patience for the "teacher" but much better than simply removing all "problem" toys for months while you work out a solution.

2) Why did all the structures have to be the same size? Isn't Legos about creativity and helping future engineers?

3) What are the values that they are "imposing", some sort of a vague notion of social justice? What about kindness? Charity? Forgiveness?