Protecting Child Genius
The government has a major responsibility. After all, an educated populous is core, central to democracy. Charlie, as you walk up the stairs of the Capitol on your way into the House of Representatives, way over the top of that entrance to the House is a statue of a woman whose arm is outstretched, and she is protecting a child who is sitting blissfully next to a pile of books. The title of that sculpture, which is right at the center of our national experience as we walk into the House: Peace Protecting Genius. The goddess of peace protects the child genius. -(via Schools Matter)
I posted this a couple of hours ago, and after thinking about the idea of protecting children I realized that “protection” is frequently used to justify putting limits on people, controlling them or the influences they’re exposed to. So calls for protection, as a rule, make me wonder by who, and what for, and at what cost?
But in this case, I like that genius part.
Arthus Erea wrote,
You are a member of the edublogging community that I respect and read on a daily basis. Therefore, when I decided to launch a study upon the value of traditional homework in this brave new world, I chose to seek out your opinion especially. The information about the study can be found on my blog.
Essentially, I wonder what you think the importance of homework is. How much is enough? Do we need it at all? How much should it affect students’ grades? I would love to hear your response to those questions. My methods of contact are listed on my blog, but if you would like to speak on Skype (which would be great) I can be found as arthus.erea.
I hope to hear your opinion on this long-lasting conflict between students and teachers, in how it relates to our dynamic and changing world.
Link | September 16th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Lisa Laser wrote,
Peace Nurturing Genius
Link | September 17th, 2007 at 12:41 pm