The movie, Race to Nowhere, has brought new attention to education and student motivation. I hope that this film inspires dialogue about what school could become.
As Seth Godin says in his 2010 book, Linchpin, Are you Indispensible?, the sign outside school could read, “We teach people to take initiative and become remarkable artists, to question the status quo and to interact with transparency. And our graduates understand that consumption is not the answer to social problems.”
I want to work at a school like that! What child does not want to go to a school as Godin describes: “What they should teach in school: Only two things: 1. Solve interesting problems. 2. Lead.”
Kierkegaard once said, “We create ourselves by our choices.” Our children and our students are making choices based on our examples.
In Terry McMillan's 2010 sequel to Waiting to Exhale called Getting to Happy, 15 ½-year-old Sparrow tells her mom, “Most of the kids at my school get their meds from their parents’ and grandparents’ medicine cabinet."
We are aware that some children are doing homework until late in the night and taking pills to stay up. How big of a problem is it? Another character, 14-year-old Taylor says, “I looked in your side table and I saw your little pharmacy ....all of [my mom’s] scripts were on display in the medicine cabinet. This is where most of my friends get their stash to sell at school for spending money.”
Jason McDonald, an instructional designer, and academic researcher states that "for high school and college there is evidence that the race we've entered our kids in is damaging them in important ways." For college student information, he recommends reading My Freshman Year, the report of an anthropologist who went "native" as a college freshman and recorded her experiences.
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MTV’s Teen Mom reality star Amber Portwood has been arrested and is in jail in Indiana.
She has been charged with three felonies after hitting Gary Shirley, her child’s father, during an episode of Teen Mom.
Amber Portwood, 20, was arrested and charged with two felony counts of domestic battery, one felony count of neglect of a dependent, and one misdemeanor count of domestic battery. [TMZ]
Recently Amber Portwood told the National Enquirer that MTV actually paid her to hit Gary Shirley.
From the National Enquirer:
But Amber insists the violence was all a ruse and that show execs gave her an extra $1,000 to “get physical” with her ex during filming because they “wanted more drama,” says an insider.
“Amber knows she needs a good defense, and reality show producers are known to stage scenes, so she thinks it’s believable.
“She says that the producers were concerned because they don’t get much drama from the other moms.
“They told her that she and Gary were the most popular couple on the show and that they would pay her extra to provoke a fight. Amber says Gary didn’t know about it because they wanted a ’spontaneous’ reaction from him.”
Amber Portwood has attacked Gary Shirley three separate times and MTV, whether they told her to do it or not, should be partially held responsible.
It’s disgusting what has become of so many reality shows. Hitting, attacking, bullying, and making people’s lives hell seems to bring up ratings, but at what cost? The really sad thing in this instance is that a child is involved. MTV may not have paid Amber Portwood to hit Gary, but even if they didn’t, they filmed it happening and aired the episode – all for ratings and profit. They reward her for the bad behavior and give her a paycheck for the “drama” they crave so badly. But that money will be gone soon (especially now that she could be fined $10,000 for her charges) and what’s left? A child who will one day see this footage which will definitely be damaging to her.
Congrats, MTV, after Jersey Shore I didn’t think you could sink any lower, but it looks like you have. It’s a shame considering the ground-breaking, edgy, rock n’ roll channel it used to be. Now it’s simply the Jerry Springer of networks.
Amber Portwood is facing 3-years in prison and may be fined upwards of $10,000. I hope that $1000 was worth it.
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