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Are Schools Distroying Our Kids Minds?
This video totally opened my eyes and I hope it will yours. If you have kids in grade school right now you really HAVE to consider what is happening to the worl around us. Our kids will be siolving problems that don’t exsist yet with technologhy that has not even been invented yet. You have to face that most of what they learn in school today is useless.
We HAVE to full the gap if our kids are going to have any shot.
Tell me what you think.
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Great video. I have six kids that we home school. We didn’t start in order to bash Public school education (my wife and all her relatives were/are public school teachers).
We did it to give them each a personalized approach to their education. It’s incredible to see how the each learn so differently. We are always adjusting their curriculum as we see what’s working and what’s not. One math curriculum might work for one of my kids, but not the others, etc.
This fall my 11 year old son’s science project is to build a solar panel from scratch. After that a wind turbine. Then in the fall we’re going to learn to weld together. He wants to be an inventor, so I’m trying to expose him to as many life skills as possible so if/when he begins to invent things, he has a basis from which to do so.
I came from a generation that College was the great stepping stone. I don’t believe it is anymore. I want it to be available to my kids that are going to enter a field where that is necessary, but I think there are so many other options out there that won’t/don’t require a college education anymore.
Thanks for posting this Perry!
Jim
PS–Just wrote a book with my kids, 99Business Ideas for Kids. It was a fun project, and it was engaging for them through the whole process.
Are they destroying their minds? C’mon! They’ve destroyed it, dude…dumbed them down out of existence, except for a minority that gets visibility in the media to cover for the great failure that government schooling is.
I’m no chicken little, because it takes no chicken to say the sky HAS fallen.
Great video, everyone wants the best for their children. The best schools, best teachers, the best of everything. But are we willing to pay for better teaching? Are we willing to pay more in taxes? Being bored is part of being young (I think). But is it so wrong? When you are bored one must make a change, to not be bored.
Thanks for the post Perry. I just withdrew my son from highschool a week ago and he is brimming with digital IPOssisibilities! Love to share what we are working on with you!
Perry don’t panic: the worl will be siolving the exsist technologhy.
Hi Perry,
Are the spelling errors intentional to get readers attention?
I disagree that our kids have to be digital learners. The only reason we gravitate towards digital is because it is more engaging but at the same time we are losing the ability to focus on things that are not engaging. Some of the most important things in life are not engaging. Balancing a checkbook, paying bills, learning how to install a new sink, is not fun or exciting but needs to be done and our kids need to be able to concentrate on them to do it. Learning by watching a video comes natural, school doesn’t need to teach them to do that, but I do want my kids to be able to sit down and read a good book for hours on end. As long as my kids are learning how to think and get chances to be creative, I don’t really care how the school does it even if it is chalk and slate boards. The technology part will come natural. Of course, my kids are still in grade school, I would expect them to use a lot more media in High School.
Hi Perry,
Thanks for posting this video. I found it confusing as the producer made the contrast of kids spending time online, listening to IPODS and playing video games vs doing creative things with their time. Is the producer advocating letting kids spend,(waste) more time in digital related activities or is he saying these time consuming activities are the reason for the boredom and failure rates of kids today?
We have homeschooled for eleven years and have transitioned our middle school and teens into regular public school. Great at first with kids thriving and enjoying the change. Third year and they are now struggling to keep their grades up. They (8th grader and HS Sophomore) are bored and frustrated with the herd mentality of school. The one size fits all approach to public school systems present a big problem. We are evaluating a change and considering several options.
Is a college degree required for a successful life? Many if not most of the millionaire business entrepreneurs I have trained under for the past two years have no college degree and speak of falling through the cracks in the traditional school environment, yet they have found their niche and are thriving contributing huge value to others. I think providing the space for our kids to be creative is key. Limiting TV, negative games and music are another way of filtering the “Garbage in – Garbage out,” process. Actually the reality is, “Garbage in – Garbage Stays!” Video images imprint permanent garbage in the brain.
I agree Tony, Our kids have also learned at home and they spent a lot of time using their imagination. They are creative in music, art, poetry and writing beyond any of their peers, and have emotional intelligence far beyond their years!!!
My goal for my children is creative and critical thinking, regardless of the media. I do not believe they get enough of this in public school (where they go). With the number of kids in public classrooms, the focus is on following the rules and a standardized curriculum. It’s my responsibility as a parent to supplement that whether it’s home school, private school, or just extra activities at home which is what we do.
I believe the next generation of kids will learn and interact with their world differently due to technology. How can they not? Look at the hours they spend with technology and that’s average. Some kids will be way more than that. (mine are less, especially tv).
Yes, we still need to be able to focus, read, and do some things the “old school” ways. But when my daughter reads for hours every night, its on her kindle. When I balance my checkbook, it’s on my Mac. When my husband wants to know how to install a sink, he learns it from an online video.
It’s the way the world is heading and yes, digital media is more engaging, so as educators, why not use that to our advantage? Kids should be using to technology as much as possible in schools to increase their learning, critical thinking and engaging in the learning process.
Then they should go outside and play!
My 18 year old just graduated from High School this week.
She doesn’t know the boiling point of water.
She can’t add 1/2 + 1/8
She couldn’t find the Middle East on the Globe if she had to.
She thinks our “Founding Fathers” refers to the Pilgrims.
I worry about her but not the future of this world. My Daughters Graduating class of 600 had over half going to collage. Even some to Harvard, Yale, and West Point.
For every one of our Kids that are hooked on gaming and Social Media there is one in the Public Library studying their butts off.
The country actually needs more workers than leaders, we may actually be coming closer to the right balance.
The Great Civilizations of the world were born to the Thinkers, but built by the workers.
I don’t think our public school systems are failing, The methods are just fine.
I think parents fail somehow.
I feel that I failed my daughter.
I will wonder the rest of my life what I didn’t do that the parents of the kids that are off to Harvard and Yale did.
Your daughter has a purpose and talents that support that purpose. Finding out what kinds of things she notices, cares and get’s excited about will give you clues and help you support that purpose. Two great resources for learning how to spot your purpose and seize your destiny are klemmer.com and 7mu.com
I came here through a link on something I suspect you are using to test some SEO stuff. I am a father of six. In CA, I have actually found a couple of Charter Schools that are a good middle ground between a full public and homeschooling.
I was also wondering about your misspellings, but you don’t seem to be interacting with the comments.
Anyway, I hope you share some results of your experiment and maybe the tidbit about charter schools can help someone.
Frankly I’m convinced that the cuts to education, which have been increasing since the 1980′s, have actually been a part of a larger plan to dumb down the populace to the point where they would elect Republicans. How else to explain people who actually watch Faux News and vote for bat shit crazy people like Michele Bachmann?