PLN17

in Mr. Fisch's What If, he talks about how information can be misread by others. His big example is the new sign around the building that says turn of cell phones, iPods, and all electronic devices in class. He explains how kids read this sign and deliberately disobey this rule to kind of battle against the system. He talks about how if we really followed this rule then we couldn’t use laptops we use in class and teachers can not use their overheads or projectors in class. Mr. Fisch said instead of posting up signs and making kids do a vs. the system kind of thing they should have just talked to the students. The staff should have just sat down and explained to the students why they want this to happen and I totally agree with him. Kids would listen more to an adult saying something than a big sign telling them what they can and can not do. I agree with him when he says kids will disobey this sign and rule because they want to and they want to “stick it to the man”. This affects education and the world because this proves we need to take a more hands on approach to problems in the world. Schools need to stop being so had on kids and stop enforcing rules that they know kids will break.  If everyone took a more hands on approach to things instead of being passive aggressive we would learn to solve more problems than we ever have before.