Comments on: Teaching Political Scare and Smear Ads to Kids http://beyond-school.org/2008/10/07/teaching-political-scare-and-smear-ads-to-kids/ More learning. Less schooliness. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:17:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Economic troubles, simply explained | Sustainably Digital http://beyond-school.org/2008/10/07/teaching-political-scare-and-smear-ads-to-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-5883 Economic troubles, simply explained | Sustainably Digital Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:53:58 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1458#comment-5883 [...] even for non-financial types. _____________________________ Thanks to BoingBoing.net for the tip. Clay Burell also pointed out This American Life’s earlier show on the economy. addthis_url = [...] [...] even for non-financial types. _____________________________ Thanks to BoingBoing.net for the tip. Clay Burell also pointed out This American Life’s earlier show on the economy. addthis_url = [...]

]]> By: avoiceinthewilderness http://beyond-school.org/2008/10/07/teaching-political-scare-and-smear-ads-to-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-5869 avoiceinthewilderness Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:59:07 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1458#comment-5869 Hi Clay I've been looking around your blog. So many thought provoking and contemplative posts. I would imagine that you found the confines of our public school system just a bit confining. I would love to see every school include a course in their curriculum about understanding media-not just political media, but all forms of print, visual, etc. So many people - not just children - take what they read and see it as truth and never look at who is creating or funding the information. We have a so called educational expert writing for the Washington Post telling us about the best schools and materials. We rarely hear that the Post owns Kaplan Educational Services. Is it coincidental that he often highlights schools which emphasize heavy test preparation? Then again, what does it say to us when we elect a mayor of New York City who owns one of the largest media conglomerates in the country? <abbr><em>avoiceinthewildernesss last blog post..<a href="http://www.avoicecriesout.com/2008/10/06/blocking-story-about-the-pope-from-his-biggest-fans/" rel="nofollow">Blocking Story About The Pope From His Biggest Fans?</a></abbr></em> Hi Clay
I’ve been looking around your blog. So many thought provoking and contemplative posts.
I would imagine that you found the confines of our public school system just a bit confining.
I would love to see every school include a course in their curriculum about understanding media-not just political media, but all forms of print, visual, etc.
So many people – not just children – take what they read and see it as truth and never look at who is creating or funding the information.
We have a so called educational expert writing for the Washington Post telling us about the best schools and materials. We rarely hear that the Post owns Kaplan Educational Services.
Is it coincidental that he often highlights schools which emphasize heavy test preparation?
Then again, what does it say to us when we elect a mayor of New York City who owns one of the largest media conglomerates in the country?

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]]> By: Jose http://beyond-school.org/2008/10/07/teaching-political-scare-and-smear-ads-to-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-5866 Jose Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:09:08 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1458#comment-5866 This is perfect. Just perfect. I think it's easy for kids to get caught up in the big hype machine, but that's exactly it: politics are often made so they can get to the most base, guttural fears and simplistic, shallow statements without getting to any real issues. That's what our founding fathers, even indirectly, wanted our politics to look like, and this is the monster that they kinda created. Well done on highlighting this dialogue. <abbr><em>Joses last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheJoseVilson/~3/406420932/" rel="nofollow">A Message To Latinas, Remastered</a></abbr></em> This is perfect. Just perfect. I think it’s easy for kids to get caught up in the big hype machine, but that’s exactly it: politics are often made so they can get to the most base, guttural fears and simplistic, shallow statements without getting to any real issues. That’s what our founding fathers, even indirectly, wanted our politics to look like, and this is the monster that they kinda created. Well done on highlighting this dialogue.

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