Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Did Teachers Take Noose Lesson Too Far?
Kindergarten teachers at Alma J. Brown Elementary, a Gramling State University run school, decided to use the Jena Six case as a teachable moment. The lesson involved nooses and link chains. Take a look at the video and decide whether or not the teachers took things too far.
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SMH. What made this woman think this could have possibly been a good idea is beyond me. Also, the little girl in the neuse was a little much. I am not sure why you would educate kindergarten students on neuses and chains but we have to do a better job in choosing our teachers today. Also, she should have at least consulted some of her coworkers.
There are other better/safer/less graphic ways to teach children about slavery/racisim/civil rights...
I'm really suprised someone with experience with children did something this thoughtless...
I wouldn't want anyone putting a noose around my child's neck.
But I am curious though; when is a good age to talk to students about slavery?
In all honesty, I don't see anything wrong with the lesson - save holding a child up to a hanging noose. I would have been cool with the teacher showing the children a noose. Or it would have been straight to show it hanging from a tree. But, don't hold the child up like you're about to hang them. Show them a nice, non-graphic drawing of a hanging.
I guess that's the problem. For it to be effective I guess it has to be kinda graphic. Ok... so kindergarten is too young. 3rd grade is good, though. They've seen more by the time they're 8 or 9.
Doesn't have to be graphic to know the intensity. I've never been held up to a noose and I know it's not a joke.
Honestly, when I first saw the story, I didn't think what the teacher did was that bad. Again, I wouldn't put a noose around the students' necks, but uh rah, I've seen more violent/graphic ideas.
remind me...never to let the Bullocks teach my kids...
j/k (kinda)
I think I started learning about race and the civil rights movement circa 3rd grade. I remember coloring a picture of MLK. By forth grade I remember learnig about slavery...
I guess that was my formal introduction into harsh realities of our past. But I think my first informal introduction happened much earlier...thanks to ROOTS.
I started learning the harsh realties of racism at 5 years old when I was in Kindergarten. Maybe this is why I'm a little impartial about the situation.
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