Monday, March 05, 2007

Constructing Little Socialists, Legos Not Included

Have you heard about the Hilltop Children’s Center, located in Seattle?

The center, which was originally launched as a high end daycare provider, is a private non-profit institution.  Recently, the center decided that the children under their cognizance should learn a little lesson regarding the supposed evils of private property ownership.

A ban was initiated at the Hilltop Children’s Center in Seattle. According to an article in the winter 2006-07 issue of “Rethinking Schools” magazine, the teachers at the private school wanted their students to learn that private property ownership is evil.

According to the article, the students had been building an elaborate “Legotown,” but it was accidentally demolished. The teachers decided its destruction was an opportunity to explore “the inequities of private ownership.” According to the teachers, “Our intention was to promote a contrasting set of values: collectivity, collaboration, resource-sharing, and full democratic participation."

I wonder if the Hilltop Children’s Center teachers are fully cognizant of the fact that if their little utopia was actually realized, their little private daycare enterprise would be demolished, just like the little kids “Legotown?”

Blockquote above taken from Maureen Martin’s story L’Eggo My Lego which was posted at TCS Daily.

Posted by John Venlet on 03/05 at 04:47 PM
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