Race to Nowhere

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1. Luke Holzmann
   Posted June 9, 2010 at 10:52 am | Permalink

   Our definition of success for kids may be off. But I don’t think that’s the race to nowhere they’ve portrayed in the rest of the trailer. In fact, saying that we need to redefine “success” as a group for children felt really out of place in the video. Why?

   Because the video is about how our current system has misplaced priorities, wasted lives and ruined education. So, perhaps it’s about how schools have mis-defined success for themselves. Perhaps? But, more importantly, it’s about how we’ve equated time/effort expended with learning. That’s the theme I see throughout the video.

   Growing up homeschooling, I was done with school by 10am most days. In later years, typically by lunch. I never went until 3pm.

   In high school, I pulled 14 hour days on campus from time to time. I didn’t often stop until 10pm. Did I learn more than I did at home? Nope. Did I do more? Absolutely. But not 12 hours more worth of stuff [smile]. The race to no where is the race to see who can spend more time in the pursuit of doing stuff. It’s not about efficiency, learning or growing as people. At least, that’s the message I got out of the trailer…

   ~Luke

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2. Jana
   Posted June 10, 2010 at 7:41 am | Permalink

   Thanks for your input Luke. You have a unique perspective. Did you attend a public high school or did you home school through high school?
   Jana

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3. Luke Holzmann
   Posted June 10, 2010 at 3:58 pm | Permalink

   Jana, I attended a public high school. Sorry, guess I should have been more clear on that [smile].

   ~Luke

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