On 09/17/2015 08:53 AM, Isaac Marino Bavaresco wrote:
> I think they could publish the names and photos of the teachers,
> principal and police officers involved in the affair.

This topic has me so worked up. I'll avoid the rant and keep this a
bit terse.

I've got a better idea, instead of public shaming how about we use the
moment as a common sense teaching moment. Isaac, this isn't directed
at you, more to society in general.

I would really love to see those who profiled shamed but you can't shame
an idiot. They'll only become more proud. At some point we need to have
the people in charge step back and put a stop to things when they get
too far out of hand. The current environment only perpetuates the status
quo of fear. If this were not in the news this kid would have only learned
that making a mistake gets you into trouble and can ruin your life. This
sounds more like corporate CYA rather than a learning environment and as
long as we have this kind of environment nothing good can come of this.

I try to teach our maker space participants that making mistakes will
happen and that we should use them as a learning tool. This moment only
seems to teach, don't try, you won't fail and you'll keep in line.

.... Another brick in the wall ...

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