RE: Culture Assignment
November 13, 2012 at 8:28 am
(This post was last modified: November 13, 2012 at 8:30 am by festive1.)
(November 13, 2012 at 3:19 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: He HAS a point there though festive1
I know. That's what made me laugh! Imagine a first grader standing up in front of the class, that's been doing cultural reports on their various heritages. There's kids in his class that are Italian, Irish, African, Asian, and a good helping of Americans, who, in all likelihood, are giving grand patriotic presentations. And the kid gets up and goes off on all the atrocities that America has committed. Rather disillusioning for a six year old, no?
I'm not saying it's not correct. I'm saying it's inappropriate to disillusion a six-year old, let alone an entire classroom of 1st graders. Though there is a lot of truth in what Jon posted, I'm not going to contribute to my son's difficulty interacting with his peers. It's hard to give a 6 year-old a balanced view. They gravitate to black and white thinking (especially my 6 year-old).
I've always been a very skeptical person, and I thought that was caused by my upbringing. But since I've had my oldest, who is also just naturally skeptical of everything (dear god, the "WHY's" this boy asks, about EVERYTHING!), I'm now leaning towards that being a natural personality trait. My mom wanted to get his picture taken with the Easter Bunny at the mall when he was 4. He turned to her and said, "But that's just a man in a suit!" He's going to have a hard enough time holding onto his childlike innocence regarding the world around him. Childlike innocence is precious, his is already cracking, I'm not going to open the floodgates for him quite yet.
(November 13, 2012 at 8:21 am)Kousbroek Wrote: Like i said in another post America bashing is sooo easy because such a huge country will get a lot of attention, like my granny always said " high trees catch a lot of wind " but these days i like to focus more on the very nice and sane people i meet from the other side of the pond.
And i see that festive1 can still laugh about it so it means she has a good head on her shoulders.
There is still hope for the lost continent.
Oh me too... I really hope we can turn the ship around, Kous... It's not about me anymore, it's about my kids.
