They gave the legos back! So they weren't too mean!
I didn't read the article as the teachers being upset about them "acting like normal kids with toys" so much as them being troubled by the kids applying kind of toxic ideas about ownership, access, and privilege to the legos. I mean, some of those quotes from the kids are quite illustrating as far as how easily power and privilege are normalized to the point where people are unable/refuse to see their existence. So I liked the school's experiment of taking those toys away and then re-introducing them in a way that allows the kids to learn about and practice fairness and equity.
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Date: 2008-02-23 10:34 am (UTC)I didn't read the article as the teachers being upset about them "acting like normal kids with toys" so much as them being troubled by the kids applying kind of toxic ideas about ownership, access, and privilege to the legos. I mean, some of those quotes from the kids are quite illustrating as far as how easily power and privilege are normalized to the point where people are unable/refuse to see their existence. So I liked the school's experiment of taking those toys away and then re-introducing them in a way that allows the kids to learn about and practice fairness and equity.