Not so long ago those wise people at the government who like to dictate what we all do decided that 'Values' needed to be an official part of the curriculum.
So our lovely hard working teachers now actually have to record which of the ministry of Ed's lovely set of values they are going to 'teach' the children each term and I mean teach... not just live and demonstrate and expect... we actually have to 'teach' the children honesty and respect and so forth.
I have isssues about that on so many levels.
No. 1 We're the parents here, I think it should be our decision which values are instilled in our kids. (It's no wonder there are so many Christian families in the home school community).
No. 2 My kids and practically all the other kids I know all went to school with a fairly decent set of values. Why must the teachers now spend time 'teaching' them in a most artificial manner something they already know?
No. 3 There's a fair amount of hipocracy in the teaching of values- considering there are adults in our school who show very limited (if any) respect to their collegues and/or the kids. And also lacking in the area of integrity and honesty.
No.4 I believe values were introduced into the curriculum based on the actions of a few and the misguided beliefs of a few others. That's not a great reason to force something down the throats of the many.
No. 5 The Curriculum expects children to value innovation, inquiry, and curiosity but the school system stifles the same at every turn. Do as we say, not as we do.
No. 6 The Curriculum expects children to value ecological sustainability as the put the rough drafts of their work in the skip bin to be dumped in a landfill along with the left overs from their lunch.
No.7 This is a doozy- The Curriculum expects children to value EQUITY. And they are supposed to learn this in SCHOOL? That would be the same school where they get told what to do and when and how and get punished if they don't tow the line and yet are not afforded the option to do the telling (or the punishing either). Doesn't sound very equitable to me.
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