Sunday, September 28, 2014

School House Rock

In class recently we watch a video from School House Rock, an American history video.  I know that this may not seem to relate to an actual concept, but trust me it does.  After watching Elbow Room, a song and video about the moment out west after the Louisiana Purchase, I was incredibly disturbed, and went back to watch more similar videos.  The bias that is shown to young children in these videos is extraordinary.  Though you can not tell children every gory detail of history, there is a difference between making a historical event PG and making it only reflective of good choices.  These videos show children at a very young age that they should oppress and ignore people who look different then them and not think of the effects of their decisions.  Therefore I highly disagree with School House Rock.

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