Tuesday, April 30, 2013

A Needed Change


So that's a huge stretch of time in between my last random thoughts and writings to now with another one.
What can I say. I only write when I want to or I'm inspired  by something I see.
Also it's handy to be around something I can jot all these ramblings down in one felt swoop.
Here is my latest one some may or may have not seen.

See this one little blip (blip meaning link below) right here made a thought pattern emerge from my brain.
An idea of sorts.
A way to encourage learning in anyone,but specifically the younger generations that are going through school right now.

At first without glimpsing at the actual link, (The aforementioned link I talked about above *Click Me*)
I assumed(like a dumbass) that this would be making fun of "mericans" and the failure of the school system.

In the form of letter associations to words for learning the alphabet.

Which it entirely is not.
 It is of a completely different subject all together.(I think.I only skimmed the article)


But to get back to my thought.
Everything is made easy for learning the the alphabet.(Generally)
Which I see the advantage to,But I see it as a hindrance as well.

An example of the hindrance that went through my head was
A is for apple

Just about everyone knows what an apple is even little kids.
The way I see that is it doesn't quite stir up an interest into learning other words beginning with A. 

Why not use something that is not known so well such as 
A is for amphitheater.

Someone that is not knowing what an amphitheater is will look it up in a dictionary and find its meaning, And while in there may find more words they did not know of or what they meant.

That will cause more of an interest in learning more.
Rather than not looking because you already know what an apple is.

Crazy midnight thoughts brought to you by me.