A couple of Plato's beliefs

"...he believed, and demonstrated, that educators must have a deep care for the well-being and future of those they work with."

This was Plato's philosophy on education. I completely agree with this and this is part of what I wanted to talk about in my philosophy essay. Educator's are one of the biggest influences on one's education.

"...knowledge will not come from teaching but from questioning."

A student will not learn just from listening to a teacher teach. To really learn something, a student must ask questions. That is how we learn.

A response to statement 7

7. To allow an innocent child to suffer needlessly when one could easily prevent it is morally reprehensible.

I disagree with this statement. I believe its important to let a child suffer sometimes because that is how they learn. If a child asks for something that they really want, like a toy, it's important that that person does not give in to that all the time. I nanny for three children and one time we were going on a walk and one of the boys said he wanted to run. I told him it was not a good idea because he was in sandals. He said he wanted to anyways. I told him it was his decision. He ended up falling and scrapping his knee. I knew that was probably going to happen but by just telling him that it wasn't a good idea would not have been enough to convince him. Most times, kids have to learn things on their own by making their own mistakes. It is difficult to watch a child suffer but that is life and children need to learn that sometimes life is hard.

Why Rush

I am at the point in my life where I am supposed to be planning my future, deciding the best place to go to college, picking a major, blah, blah, blah. I was planning on going to Northern Michigan University only because that was the first school I had gotten in to and they had a good nursing program which is what I originally wanted to major in. I had applied to a few schools, but none of them really stuck out to me. Over spring break, I went to San Diego. I had a lot of time to sit and watch the waves and think about my life. I realized that there was always a way out. I thought I was stuck and didn’t really know what to do. I researched on google for travel abroad programs which is when I saw this great program in Israel for kids who wanted to take a break between high school and college. It was the perfect solution. There are a few academic classes I will have to take, but it’s mostly volunteering and hands on activities. I have never been much of an academic person. I have confidence in a lot of things, and academics is just not one of them. Almost everyone in my school goes to college right after high school so I felt pressured to do the same thing but then I stopped, stepped back, and thought why rush?

Why all the pink? #1

I am currently reading "Cinderella Ate my Daughter." for my Issues in America class. So far, I love the book. It explains so much. Have you ever thought to think that princesses had a bad influence on one's kids? Until I read this book, I didn't even think of it. If one payed really close attention to disney princess movies and books, one would realize the terrible message it sends to girls. We all know that Ariel sacrificed her voice to fall in love with a prince she's never even met because that was the way to live happily ever after. Or when Cinderella didn't have anything to wear to the ball where she was going to go fall in love with a man that she has never met, her fairy godmother came and granted her every wish. Is that really the message people should be sending to their kids? I understand that disney princesses are kind of hard to avoid. They are everywhere and even if a mother doesn't overwhelm their kids with pink, princesses, and princes, they are going to hear it from their friends or their friend's mothers. Ever since I started reading this book, i've been trying to think of a way to get rid of these influences, and the author, Peggy Orenstein, said there already was a solution, American Girl Dolls. Instead of buying your daughter a barbie or a princess, get her an American Girl Doll. These dolls are realistic to what is going on in the world. There is an African American, Indian, homeless, jewish, etc. But why are mothers still buying barbies and princesses more than these dolls? Well, these dolls are about $110 and why would parents buy that when you can buy a barbie for $5. A lot of parents found it to be a great lesson to their daughters but the girls can't take their eyes off the outfits and the salon long enough to look at their dolls history.