The idea I think is most important is learning mindfulness. It is actually something I never thought about teaching children. But helping children deal with their emotions and helping their attention span is a big deal. And teaching them those qualities will help their learning tremendously.
The second most important is critical thinking. What we are doing now is just teaching them to conform and obedience. That besides obedience is crippling them. I think this is important because I can relate. I am usually scared to speak up and ask question, and I have to fight that every day. If I was taught to ask and analyze I think I could have gone much farther in school.
The third is the gift of grit. I think it is important to nurture and bring children up so they can be the best they can be. And they do not deserve any less!
The article by Deb Aronson is very important because it shows that the politics played in choosing programs is very crooked. Because a program was based towards Mexican- Americans they didn’t like that. Despite the fact that there was evidence proving that it helped those kids tremendously. It shows how prejudice our politicians are.
The last one by Keith Gilyard talks about how humanities need to stay in the curriculum. I do think this is very important as well. I just had to put the upbringing of kids first because I think that’s where it all starts. All of the points the writers were making are very important and we would benefit from all of these ideas.
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