Should children really go to school? I would hate to send my child to school. There r multiple other ways of learning. They could be trained at home, taken out with peers and taught things. But who has the time for all that?
I remember watching a program on Nat Geo. it was about tattoos. Remember seeing tattoo being made on a small boy...making designs on his face and body by chipping away parts of his skin. Even after he grows up, the design would remain and that would be his proof of belonging to his tribe. It could save him from future attacks from other friendly or hostile tribes.
The child was soaked with blood and crying in pain. It would be at least a week before he is normal again. The child’s mother was absolutely calm about this. Many of us would think this is gruesome and heartless thing to do to a child. But she doesn’t want him to face any difficulties in the future because he doesn’t have this particular tattoo. It is very crucial for him to BELONG to the tribe and will aid him in finding the best mate.
Most of us leave our small children, who can’t even talk for themselves, at daycare centers with people whom we haven’t even met or known before. To that tribal mother this would seem gruesome and heartless. I cannot but agree with her. If I had a child, I wouldn’t want him to go to any of the so-called schools around or the daycare. I don’t trust any of them. I wont let them tamper my child’s thought process.
posted by the giraffe n the pig @ 11:06 PM
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Delightfully and tactfully argued!
I am glad that you atleast agreed that kids need to be with others, and need to be given some learning. Wish they would learn everything all by themselves.
For being with other kids, and for getting a good teacher/mentor, kids need to go to playschools.
That we are not living as african tribals ensures that there is no mortal danger for the kids. Yes, there are places where the child's mind can be affected by ill-trained or even ill-minded people.
The answer does not lie in taking the child to tribal Africa for learning, but to be on the vigil while the child goes to any such schools. Parents should make surprise visits, enquire the child, make reference checks, and monitor behavioral changes.
And the point about the child belonging to a group was well made too. selection of the right school for the child is crucial. and so is education at home.
A lot many parents dont teach their native language to their kids. Naturally, the kids have no fondness for the literature in their native language, and hence never feel any belonging to their own heritage.
Parents teach foreign language and foreign culture to their kids. The kids revel and take pride in the culture of a people who will never consider them as equals.
What values can a mother rocking to a raunchy song by Britney Spears teach her child?
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