While doing weekly grocery shopping I noticed this funky yet weird child\u2019s play set. I thought nothing of it until I noticed what it\u2019s called..<\/p>\n
And it got me thinking..<\/p>\n
\nIs My Child Going To Get The Best Education<\/strong> To Allow Him To Be Successful In The 21st Century??<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
When we are feeding ourselves with \u2018Made In China\u2019 education products (be it baby toys or \u00a0other education assisting play sets) that are designed to be cheap rather than good value and quality then can we really expect to receive high quality results?<\/p>\n
I mean look what was written on that box..<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0Once Own Nothing Can Instead<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
What the hell does that even mean?!?!<\/p>\n
Forget the fact that it could be confused with being a \u2018Make your own Frankenstein\u2019 for 3 year olds\u2026Do I want to be giving my son a play set, right at the age that he\u2019s starting to learn letters and words, that uses English translated straight from Chinese or Mandarin?<\/p>\n
I guess where I\u2019m going with this topic is that I don\u2019t want my child to grow up with the same education<\/em> that my grandparents were taught. I\u2019m not saying my grandparents are uneducated, God forbid! I\u2019m just saying that what applied back in the \u201940s and \u201950s is quite different to what applies in today\u2019s high tech world.<\/p>\n
Have a look at this pic I saw on facebook..\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nSame as Yesterday: Obedience and Conformity<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Conformity: Is This A Good Education<\/h3>\n
I want to share a little story I heard from an inspiring person.<\/p>\n
\nLittle Suzy is 6 years old and watching her mother bake Sunday night\u2019s traditional dinner. \u00a0All the family is coming around so Suzy\u2019s mother, Pam, is making the traditional meal.<\/p>\n
Pam takes the ham, cuts the ends off and places it in the baking dish, then into the oven. Our little attentive Suzy notices this and asks he mother why she\u2019s cut the ends off.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell Suzy,\u201d her mother replies, \u201cthat\u2019s just how we do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not willing to take this answer, Suzy persists and eventually her mother Pam decides to call her mother, Gran Beth, to ask why it\u2019s done like this.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh Suzy,\u201d Gran Beth starts, \u201cYou\u2019re so full of questions. This is just how we do it, that\u2019s all there is to know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Feeling upset and unhappy with the responses, Suzy keeps pushing Gran Beth and eventually they decide to speak to Gran Beth\u2019s mother, Great-Granny Linda. Being over 90 years old, Suzy\u2019s lucky she has the opportunity to speak with her great-grandmother!<\/p>\n
\u201cAhh Suzy,\u201d Sighs Great-Gran Linda, \u201cWhat a wonderful question. You see, back when I was young and would bake the traditional Sunday Dinner, the oven was very small and couldn\u2019t take a full size ham. So we had to cut the ends of to fit it into the oven.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve got the idea. Some of the things we are doing today have been passed down from generation to generation purely because \u201cThat\u2019s the way it\u2019s done.\u201d<\/p>\n
But is this really the best education to give a child? Is this going to allow a child to develop his thought processes and find new solutions to old problems?<\/p>\n
Our education system has been brainwashing us for too long<\/u>. Forcing us to believe that if you don\u2019t have letters before or after your name then you are doomed to fail. Making us believe that the ONLY way is the HARD way.<\/p>\n
We are told that the saying \u201cIf it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is\u201d means that someone is trying to steal from you. That \u201cGet Rich Quick\u201d really means \u201cGet Scammed Quick\u201d.<\/p>\n
But with the power of the Internet and with the wonderful pieces of technology that we have today, our education and knowledge should allow us to utilize these tools and MAXIMIZE our abilities to go places and do things. Not restrain us greater and limit our minds.<\/p>\n
The time has come to turn off the idiot-box, to shut out the \u2018news\u2019. The time has come to live a real life, YOUR real life. Not the life someone else dictates you to live. \u00a0Wear what you want to wear, say what you want to say. Let\u2019s make Normal into Abnormal and Abnormal into the new Norm.<\/p>\n
I want you to Join Forces With Me and Help to Raise our abilities to achieve a true FREEDOM and enjoy this short life, no matter what race, sex, colour or religion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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