Read the whole thing.This afternoon, two weeks before the start of school, she got a call from the principal of the school who wanted to discuss a couple things with her before school starts. The main thrust of the conversation was my friend's dress.
According to this principal, who my friend has spoken very highly of in the past, "the goal of the school is to create cookie cutter children." She also stated that while it is admirable that my friend stresses and insists on respect and diligence in the classroom, her dress is confusing for its lack of being cookie cutter.
I'm extremely troubled by this for several reasons. First of all, children are NOT cookie cutter, no matter how hard you try to push them to be that way. For that to be the goal of the school completely disregards what it means to be a human being. And I also believe it completely disregards the concept from Torah that God made us each with our individual talents and strengths.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Cookie Cutter Kids
This post by Shoshana depressed me a lot. Excerpt:
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Speaking of cookie cutter kids, watch this...
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That is so bizarre. Maybe more observant Jews should watch TV. If they ever saw Star Trek episodes that featured the Borg, they wouldn't think that cookie cutter children were a good thing. Even without watching Star Trek, I don't understand how they could think that automaton children would be a good thing...? All this time I thought Judaism was about critical thinking and analyzation. Isn't that why both sides of a debate were recorded in the Talmud?!
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ReplyDeleteJameel - I've seen.
Was he for uniform uniforms or uniform everything?
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