I feel so humble and yet hopeful after watching this 10 minute TED talk.

[dixiegrrrrl]

If you can possibly spare 10 minutes, I strongly encourage a view.
John Hunter on the World Peace Game.
video:
http://www.wimp.com/peacegame/

In 1978, at the Richmond Community High School, Hunter led the first sessions of his World Peace Game,
a hands-on political simulation. The game has now been played around the world, on a four-tiered board.
It's the subject of the new film World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements.
http://www.worldpeacethemovie.com/film/

[Voice for Peace]

1. very moving and well worth the watching time

thanks! I have shared with others. This is the heart of successful education, this is what's needed. Power to the kids to think creatively.

I always have believed that if they put a bunch of kids from all grades together to redesign the education system, it would be done right. Maybe the kids in this class can start on that project next.

[BanzaiBonnie]

2. This one's for the world

Fourth graders are perfectly capable of soving the world's problems. They love to fix things.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Splendid! There's a helluva lot more to education than producing efficient rats for the race.

[silverweb]

4. That was amazing.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Thank you so much for bringing it to our attention. I intend to share this video widely.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. It gave me the "nice chills", and I loved that man's compassion.

The talk has been running thru my mind a lot since I watched it.
Makes our rigid structured school classes, "teacher talks, students listen" modality seem very backward.

[silverweb]

8. Absolutely agree.

[PDJane]

6. We need more teachers of this man's type.

My son went to an alternative school for part of his public school years; it was the very best thing that could have happened to him. It did teach him to think about consequences, about the long term, about social and environmental issues, and about what he needed to do for himself, for his future.

It takes more than just reading and writing and math; it takes an ability to think through consequences. That's probably the thing that is missing in our current educational model.

[andyrindfleisch]

7. very inspiring and moving

thanks for the link