Re: Smurfs/ Charlotte Mason
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7a. Re: Smurfs, and other cartoons
Posted by: "Bob Collier" bobcollier@...
quaussiebob
As I read something about her at Wikipedia, I had flashbacks to the
days of the British Empire and colonial types forcing 'civilisation'
onto primitive dark skinned people. Maybe that's just me.
But, since she lived 1842-1923 in any event, I'd say her ideas about
how to educate children relate to a world that no longer exists.
No doubt she had some positive attitudes toward children and their
development, but, personally, the rest of it makes me cringe to think
that this little red schoolhouse approach is apparently being touted
as a basis for a useful 21st century education.
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Even John Holt, with his 20th century mindset, could never have
imagined where we would be today. His own ideas have been outdated with
the advent of the computer/internet and the multi-channel TV.
~Kelly
Kelly Lovejoy
Conference Coordinator
Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
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7a. Re: Smurfs, and other cartoons
Posted by: "Bob Collier" bobcollier@...
quaussiebob
As I read something about her at Wikipedia, I had flashbacks to the
days of the British Empire and colonial types forcing 'civilisation'
onto primitive dark skinned people. Maybe that's just me.
But, since she lived 1842-1923 in any event, I'd say her ideas about
how to educate children relate to a world that no longer exists.
No doubt she had some positive attitudes toward children and their
development, but, personally, the rest of it makes me cringe to think
that this little red schoolhouse approach is apparently being touted
as a basis for a useful 21st century education.
-=-=-=-=-
Even John Holt, with his 20th century mindset, could never have
imagined where we would be today. His own ideas have been outdated with
the advent of the computer/internet and the multi-channel TV.
~Kelly
Kelly Lovejoy
Conference Coordinator
Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
http://www.LiveandLearnConference.org
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Sandra Dodd
-=-Even John Holt, with his 20th century mindset, could never have
imagined where we would be today. His own ideas have been outdated with
the advent of the computer/internet and the multi-channel TV.-=-
True.
Unfortunately, schools are still about the way they were when Holt
was critiquing them.
But unschooling is far and beyond what he envisioned.
Sandra
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imagined where we would be today. His own ideas have been outdated with
the advent of the computer/internet and the multi-channel TV.-=-
True.
Unfortunately, schools are still about the way they were when Holt
was critiquing them.
But unschooling is far and beyond what he envisioned.
Sandra
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Nancy Wooton
On Jun 12, 2007, at 7:01 AM, Sandra Dodd wrote:
Bradbury denounces the usual interpretation of his novel, "Fahrenheit
451"; he says it was not about government censorship, but about how
television watching would destroy reading. The article points out
that, in 1953, the year he wrote it, most people didn't have TV sets,
and the ones that existed had 7" black and white screens. He
envisioned the giant flat-panel screen -- like the one the interviewer
says was in the room with them.
http://www.laweekly.com/index3.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=16524&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0#Continuation
Nancy
> -=-Even John Holt, with his 20th century mindset, could never haveA friend sent me this link yesterday, to an article in which Ray
> imagined where we would be today. His own ideas have been outdated with
> the advent of the computer/internet and the multi-channel TV.-=-
>
> True.
>
> Unfortunately, schools are still about the way they were when Holt
> was critiquing them.
>
> But unschooling is far and beyond what he envisioned.
>
Bradbury denounces the usual interpretation of his novel, "Fahrenheit
451"; he says it was not about government censorship, but about how
television watching would destroy reading. The article points out
that, in 1953, the year he wrote it, most people didn't have TV sets,
and the ones that existed had 7" black and white screens. He
envisioned the giant flat-panel screen -- like the one the interviewer
says was in the room with them.
http://www.laweekly.com/index3.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=16524&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0#Continuation
Nancy