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Monday, February 27, 2012
PERIOD 1 - CLASS DIVIDED
You have been watching the documentary, "A Class Divided." Please post a reflective comment about the film. What did you personally take away from the film?
I liked this video a lot. I thought it was really interesting to see how insightful the kids were after the experiment was through and how much it impacted the rest of their lives. I think it’s important that the experiment happened to them when they were still young because it’s much easier to change peoples’ ideas and values when they haven’t really developed yet. Overall, I think these types of programs should occur more often with issues that are affecting or will affect our society.
I thought this video was very interesting. It gave me a new way to look at discrimination. This activity was a very good way of showing kids who look a lot alike what it feels like to be the superior person (eye color) or the inferior person. None of the kids liked to be the inferior person; this helped them grasp what it must feel like to be the inferior person. I agree with Mrs. Elliot that children should be taught this at a young age because as they grow older they will stick with one way of thinking. If this way was to be against different people, there would still be a lot of segregation and discrimination. However, by teaching children how this feels, it changes their way of thinking and they will most likely stick to that way. I also, found the whole part about the kids being smarter when they were the superior race. I think this was because they had more confidence in themselves and they told they were smarter, so they proved they were smarter.
I agree with Allie that it was interesting to see how this “experiment” affected those kids for the rest of their lives. I feel like every school system – regardless of location- needs to do some sort of activity so kids can understand that discrimination is WRONG. Not just for skin color, but in other areas as well such as wealth, style, etc. It really does take walking a mile in someone else’s shoes to completely understand the position they are in, and I would argue that Mrs. Elliot’s activity didn’t give the children the exact idea of how minorities felt at the time. However, it’s the best you can do without physically changing a person’s nationality. I give kudos to Mrs. Elliot for addressing such an important issue at a critical time in history (1960’s).
I agree with Allie in the fact of how insightful the kids were after doing this activity. I wouldn’t think a group of third graders would fully understand this and make the connection to blacks and Native Americans. I also, agree with her about how it was interesting to see how it impacted their lives. It was interesting to see how their husbands and wives viewed what had happened.
I really like the video "A Class Divided" a lot. It was very interesting to see how the kids acted when the blue eye kids were superior to the brown eyed kids. And even when the brown eyes were superior. How the kids turned into horrible humans toward one another. It was hard to see the minority group at reese not being able to do anything. From the video it was clear that this experiment taught those kids about segregation and discrimination and that they are not disrimiat but excepting the different races. I feel they should do this experiment or variations of it in every school.
I really enjoyed this video because it was shocking to me how easily the teacher was able to turn the children against each other just by saying one eye color was better then the other. i also believe this teacher should be awarded for coming up with these activities because they really did affect the children involved in them.
I agree with Allie and that the children really did gain from these activities positivly and it definetly could have made a difference in the future generations and decrease discrimination
Although I had already seen the original experiment it was still engaging for me. One thing that especially caught my attention this time was when Mrs. Elliot first introduced the concept of superiority. One of the kids didn't believe her and said so. If he could have said a reason as to how he didn't think eye color was significant he could have voided the whole process and proved he was above discrimination and had already learned the lesson she was trying to teach. However I doubt any third grader would stand up to the teacher without being completely sure of their intuition. It will be interesting to see how the thoughts of adults are swayed by a figure with less authority to them.
I agree with Bram, they should do this experiment or ones like it every school. If it is truly possible to teach people not to discriminate than such an experiment would change a generation for the better. The experiment showed that all the third graders had a nasty side. That nasty discriminating mindset has flourished in many people when an experiment like this could have prevented it.
This video was really interesting to me. Mr. Gallagher was right this was my second time seeing it and it was still just as interesting and powerful. I took away from this video that first of all kids are very impressionable, especially if the impressions are coming from their teacher. I also thought the work that their teacher did was very amazing epically since the lessons that they took away from "walking in someone Else's moccasins' lasted a life time.
I agree with Bram. Especially the part about it being hard to watch the minority group go through all of that. It just showed that those kids truly learned what it felt like to be discriminated against.
I agree with Bram. Especially the part about it being hard to watch the minority group go through all of that. It just showed that those kids truly learned what it felt like to be discriminated against.
I really enjoyed this film. I have a huge amount of respect for the teacher in the film. Her approach to teaching her students about discrimination was truly imspirational and unforgettable. The discrimination of blue eyed kids against brown eyed kids (and vice-versa) was such a simple way to represent such a huge issue of that time period. The fact that the test results/statistics of the teacher's class were sent to Stanford really shows that her experiment was sucessful. I admire her for taking on the responsibility to try and influence a classroom full of kids to become morally good people. It was interesting to see how kids so young could connect what they were going through to discrimination and also, to see their reactions/feelings towards the treatment they were receiving.
I agree with Allie. I think it was really interesting to watch such young minds react to what was going on in the classroom (discrimination.) It was fascinating seeing their reactions and how they handled the newly found exclusion/mistreatment. I also agree with Allie when she says that these types of experiments should occur more often.
I thought that the way the children reacted to this test was very informative. When kids are in 3rd grade they don't have their own views of society yet. This test shows how easy it is to manipulate people into thinking a certain way. In this case, Mrs. Elliot was able to use this for good and teach her students how to feel the world from a minority's perspective. The way she did it was interesting too. She separated people by eye-color. That is very similar to skin color and ethnicity. What i don't really understand is how she had a class of students with no green eyes. I have green eyes, and i know a lot of other people with green eyes. It just seems odd to me that no one even mentioned green eyes. It doesn't affect the message she is trying to send but it was just something I noticed. I think that having this should be done in the future to children across the globe. It would definitely help in the fight against discrimination and racism.
I liked this video because I think kids are the best example of innocence, and i thought it was so strange how they were drilled these ideas of racial superiority at so young, and not so long ago. I also thought it was extremely interesting how their test grades dropped when they were at the "bottom" of the classroom and how they were higher when they were at the "top" of the classroom.
I thought this video was really cool because it showed how easily it is for a certain thought to become prevailing and how quickly discrimination can divide people. I think that because the children for the most part hadn't formed their own opinions about racism, this experiment was probably really helpful to their understanding of what discrimination really does to people. The experiment also showed how easily discrimination can develop and it showed each kid what it feels like to be discriminated against.
I thought this video was very interesting. I like how the teacher was independent with her beliefs on equal rights even though most whites at that time would be against what she was trying to do. I also like how she impacted the kids because they are the future and it's better to raise kids believing that everyone is equal rather than trying to convince someone who was raised with believing in segragation out of it.
I agree with Dean that activities like this should be done more often because there is still some discrimination in society today. Even changing the experiment up a little bit and using it on other issues in society like bullying or something like that would be a great way to get through to children because this activity seemed to be successful.
I agree with Ranauq that kids are the best subjects for the experiment because of their innocence. They didnt really understand fully what was going on and didn't yet have their own opinions about what was right and wrong, so they showed what natural human reactions in this situation would be.
I think that this film really captured the essense of discrimination. Mrs. Elliot's classroom transformed from an innocent atmosphere to the harsh culture that surrounded the country at that time period. It astounded me how quickly the kids turned on each other and how being the "superior" group influenced the childrens academic levels. I think that programs like this should've occured more often back then and even today. People are too quick to judge.
This video captivated my interest immediately. It was an amazing experiment that Mrs. Eliott did and I think that every elementary school student should have to go through it to see what it is really like to be discriminated against, and how easy it really is for a society to gang up on other people because of their differences. I also thought that the cognitive studies done on the kids were very interesting- the ones who had been discriminated against had far lower test scores because they were just plain not confident about their abilities. It showed a lot about human and group psychology, how easy it is to go with the group, and how much power a group with a prevailing thinking like that really has. I think the study was especially important because it was done on children, and it shows how easily young minds can be warped by their elders to think a certain way. It really shows how quick an entire country's way of thinking can be decided and set in stone, as the superior feeling kids felt like it was completely true and would remain that way forever. It also demonstrates how difficult it would be to have something like racism reversed. When the children were labeled superior they felt powerful and in charge, and those who were victimized felt so depressed they didn't even want to try to get anything better. I think Mrs. Eliott did a wonderful thing getting the children to think the way they did, and it made me happy to see their way of thinking continue throughout adulthood when they were reunited. It really shows how much impact one teacher can have on student's lives, and that lessons against racism should really be taught in our schools.
I thought the video "A Class Divided" was very surprising but interesting to watch. The exersice really helped these young kids understand racism and see the perspective of the inferior side, which helped them really change their outlooks on different races. I think that this experiment helped change descriminating thinking over time. Since children are the future and they learn from hands on exercises like these and this was a lesson that became personal it stuck with them for life which later led to them teaching their kids that and so on. I also think this lesson could have really been for anyone not only kids, it could change the thinking of older adolescents and adults as well.
I agree with Ethan that i think this should be a more widely taught lesson in schools everywhere. It not only showed the intellectual changes in the kids, but how it can emotionally affect the kids that are being discriminated against.
I liked this video because I like how Mrs. Elliot, a teacher during the 1960's, was able to take such a strong stance against discrimination. She wasn't afraid to open up to a documentary and voice her opinion and her ideas on how discrimination needs to be stopped. I thought it was great to see how much the students appreciated what she did so many years later.
I agree with what Missy said and I like how she pointed out the effect superiority had on the kids performances in school. It shows that intelligence can partially be based on expectations. When the kids are expected to be smarter, they do better.
i think the best way to learn something of this nature is to put someone in the position of the person with the upper hand but also with the lower hand. This helps the person fully wrap their minds around of what is REALLY going. I think this teacher did a great job teaching about racism and that her lesson should be taught nationwide.
I thought this was a great film. It goes to show how much society and all the media can negatively portray people and then in turn teach younger people the wrong things. I think that schools should use some type of experiment like this to make children fully understand how fortunate they really are. The most interesting thing from the film is that the students all performed better in school afterwards and i just think that it should be looked into more than just being brushed aside.
I agree with Alisa...i think that the teacher did the right thing in voicing her ideas and by doing the experiment. I definetly had an affect on those peoples lives and im sure it would help a lot of other people as well
I really enjoyed this video because the small town third grade teacher was teaching her kids something that was foreword thinking for her time. She did it in a harmless way but it had very profound effect on the kids. I thought it was interesting to see the kids' grades go up when they were the superior race and go down when they were inferior.
I enjoyed watching the video in class today. It was cool to see how easy it was for the teacher to divide the class with discrimination and how the kids believed everything that she said. The kids were easily influenced by the teacher and they believed everything that she told them. Mrs. Elliot’s teachings showed us in the video that discrimination is very common and it can develop very easily.
I agree with Sean. I think that that because the children hadn't formed their own opinions about racism, the experiment was really helpful to their understanding of what discrimination really does to people. I also agree with his point that the experiment showed that discrimination develops very easily.
I really liked this video. It is amazing to me that not too long ago, many children were treating black people and other minorities with such discrimination as though it wasnt a big deal. I grew up learning from teachers and my family that discrimination is wrong, but seeing young third graders act that way was very surprising. I am greateful for Mrs. Elliot for teaching her class such an important lesson that thier parents should have been teaching them. I agree with Marissa Welch's comment that the children's grades improved dramatically when they were "superior" is because of their own self confidence. This method could be used in a less severe method to really increase childrens' grades and improve thier self confidence.
I liked this video because of how it showed a before and after view of the kids. It was interesting how it showed just how much the experiment affected them and how they voiced their opinions many years after the fact. It felt almost as if it was the kids speaking directly from their childhoods and not from years later thanks to the editing. This gave the film a cool effect which really helped me relate to the kids directly.
I think that Mrs. Elliots activity was an interesting study in race relations. It showed just how easy it is for an authority figure to manipulate how others act and feel toward their fellow man. It was also interesting to see how little prodding it took on the first day to create rifts between the brown and blue eyed children.
I thought this film was great and what that ms. Elliot did was amazing. I feel that if more teachers took a day or two to teach this lesson there would be much less racism. Although now there is not as much to do about it because we are all equal, it is still a good thing to do.
I agree with Patrick on how this teacher should be awarded because what she did was a great idea and could really change the next generations views on racism and make a big difference in the world
I thought that this experiment was very brave of Mrs. Elliot. She recognized a clear issue and decided to act upon it which I thought was courageous of her. It was so interesting to see the way that the children reacted to this experiment, not only their behavior, but the video mentioned that the group of children that were on top that day's grades went up, while the children who were on the bottom's grades dropped. This made many people question the type of impact society and the environment really has on children.
I enjoyed this video a lot. I think what Mrs. Elliot had done was a bold but interesting experiment. She had successfully taken innocent 3rd graders and in a matter of 15 minutes, she had turned them into racist and segregated children. I thought it was ridiculous how some kids noted that when they thought that they were better than other kids because of something like there eyes, they felt better about themselves. What Mrs. Elliot had done was a perfeect portrayal and lesson on what racism is.
I agree with Allie, I think that these programs should happen a lot more than they do. Racism is still a problem and if children gain awareness at a young age, then they will hopefully be more apt to go against racism, and pass that on to their children and so on.
I loved this documentery. I felt like that teacher was way ahead of her time and that she also exibited very brave behavior in actually teaching her class such a controversial lesson. I agree with Allie H. these types of lessons should occur more often in our communities and schools.
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I liked this video a lot. I thought it was really interesting to see how insightful the kids were after the experiment was through and how much it impacted the rest of their lives. I think it’s important that the experiment happened to them when they were still young because it’s much easier to change peoples’ ideas and values when they haven’t really developed yet. Overall, I think these types of programs should occur more often with issues that are affecting or will affect our society.
I thought this video was very interesting. It gave me a new way to look at discrimination. This activity was a very good way of showing kids who look a lot alike what it feels like to be the superior person (eye color) or the inferior person. None of the kids liked to be the inferior person; this helped them grasp what it must feel like to be the inferior person. I agree with Mrs. Elliot that children should be taught this at a young age because as they grow older they will stick with one way of thinking. If this way was to be against different people, there would still be a lot of segregation and discrimination. However, by teaching children how this feels, it changes their way of thinking and they will most likely stick to that way. I also, found the whole part about the kids being smarter when they were the superior race. I think this was because they had more confidence in themselves and they told they were smarter, so they proved they were smarter.
I agree with Allie that it was interesting to see how this “experiment” affected those kids for the rest of their lives. I feel like every school system – regardless of location- needs to do some sort of activity so kids can understand that discrimination is WRONG. Not just for skin color, but in other areas as well such as wealth, style, etc. It really does take walking a mile in someone else’s shoes to completely understand the position they are in, and I would argue that Mrs. Elliot’s activity didn’t give the children the exact idea of how minorities felt at the time. However, it’s the best you can do without physically changing a person’s nationality. I give kudos to Mrs. Elliot for addressing such an important issue at a critical time in history (1960’s).
I agree with Allie in the fact of how insightful the kids were after doing this activity. I wouldn’t think a group of third graders would fully understand this and make the connection to blacks and Native Americans. I also, agree with her about how it was interesting to see how it impacted their lives. It was interesting to see how their husbands and wives viewed what had happened.
I really like the video "A Class Divided" a lot. It was very interesting to see how the kids acted when the blue eye kids were superior to the brown eyed kids. And even when the brown eyes were superior. How the kids turned into horrible humans toward one another. It was hard to see the minority group at reese not being able to do anything. From the video it was clear that this experiment taught those kids about segregation and discrimination and that they are not disrimiat but excepting the different races. I feel they should do this experiment or variations of it in every school.
I really enjoyed this video because it was shocking to me how easily the teacher was able to turn the children against each other just by saying one eye color was better then the other. i also believe this teacher should be awarded for coming up with these activities because they really did affect the children involved in them.
I agree with Allie and that the children really did gain from these activities positivly and it definetly could have made a difference in the future generations and decrease discrimination
Although I had already seen the original experiment it was still engaging for me. One thing that especially caught my attention this time was when Mrs. Elliot first introduced the concept of superiority. One of the kids didn't believe her and said so. If he could have said a reason as to how he didn't think eye color was significant he could have voided the whole process and proved he was above discrimination and had already learned the lesson she was trying to teach. However I doubt any third grader would stand up to the teacher without being completely sure of their intuition. It will be interesting to see how the thoughts of adults are swayed by a figure with less authority to them.
I agree with Bram, they should do this experiment or ones like it every school. If it is truly possible to teach people not to discriminate than such an experiment would change a generation for the better. The experiment showed that all the third graders had a nasty side. That nasty discriminating mindset has flourished in many people when an experiment like this could have prevented it.
This video was really interesting to me. Mr. Gallagher was right this was my second time seeing it and it was still just as interesting and powerful. I took away from this video that first of all kids are very impressionable, especially if the impressions are coming from their teacher. I also thought the work that their teacher did was very amazing epically since the lessons that they took away from "walking in someone Else's moccasins' lasted a life time.
I agree with Bram. Especially the part about it being hard to watch the minority group go through all of that. It just showed that those kids truly learned what it felt like to be discriminated against.
I agree with Bram. Especially the part about it being hard to watch the minority group go through all of that. It just showed that those kids truly learned what it felt like to be discriminated against.
I really enjoyed this film. I have a huge amount of respect for the teacher in the film. Her approach to teaching her students about discrimination was truly imspirational and unforgettable. The discrimination of blue eyed kids against brown eyed kids (and vice-versa) was such a simple way to represent such a huge issue of that time period. The fact that the test results/statistics of the teacher's class were sent to Stanford really shows that her experiment was sucessful. I admire her for taking on the responsibility to try and influence a classroom full of kids to become morally good people. It was interesting to see how kids so young could connect what they were going through to discrimination and also, to see their reactions/feelings towards the treatment they were receiving.
I agree with Allie. I think it was really interesting to watch such young minds react to what was going on in the classroom (discrimination.) It was fascinating seeing their reactions and how they handled the newly found exclusion/mistreatment. I also agree with Allie when she says that these types of experiments should occur more often.
I thought that the way the children reacted to this test was very informative. When kids are in 3rd grade they don't have their own views of society yet. This test shows how easy it is to manipulate people into thinking a certain way. In this case, Mrs. Elliot was able to use this for good and teach her students how to feel the world from a minority's perspective. The way she did it was interesting too. She separated people by eye-color. That is very similar to skin color and ethnicity. What i don't really understand is how she had a class of students with no green eyes. I have green eyes, and i know a lot of other people with green eyes. It just seems odd to me that no one even mentioned green eyes. It doesn't affect the message she is trying to send but it was just something I noticed. I think that having this should be done in the future to children across the globe. It would definitely help in the fight against discrimination and racism.
I liked this video because I think kids are the best example of innocence, and i thought it was so strange how they were drilled these ideas of racial superiority at so young, and not so long ago. I also thought it was extremely interesting how their test grades dropped when they were at the "bottom" of the classroom and how they were higher when they were at the "top" of the classroom.
I thought this video was really cool because it showed how easily it is for a certain thought to become prevailing and how quickly discrimination can divide people. I think that because the children for the most part hadn't formed their own opinions about racism, this experiment was probably really helpful to their understanding of what discrimination really does to people. The experiment also showed how easily discrimination can develop and it showed each kid what it feels like to be discriminated against.
I thought this video was very interesting. I like how the teacher was independent with her beliefs on equal rights even though most whites at that time would be against what she was trying to do. I also like how she impacted the kids because they are the future and it's better to raise kids believing that everyone is equal rather than trying to convince someone who was raised with believing in segragation out of it.
I agree with Dean that activities like this should be done more often because there is still some discrimination in society today. Even changing the experiment up a little bit and using it on other issues in society like bullying or something like that would be a great way to get through to children because this activity seemed to be successful.
I agree with Ranauq that kids are the best subjects for the experiment because of their innocence. They didnt really understand fully what was going on and didn't yet have their own opinions about what was right and wrong, so they showed what natural human reactions in this situation would be.
I think that this film really captured the essense of discrimination. Mrs. Elliot's classroom transformed from an innocent atmosphere to the harsh culture that surrounded the country at that time period. It astounded me how quickly the kids turned on each other and how being the "superior" group influenced the childrens academic levels. I think that programs like this should've occured more often back then and even today. People are too quick to judge.
This video captivated my interest immediately. It was an amazing experiment that Mrs. Eliott did and I think that every elementary school student should have to go through it to see what it is really like to be discriminated against, and how easy it really is for a society to gang up on other people because of their differences. I also thought that the cognitive studies done on the kids were very interesting- the ones who had been discriminated against had far lower test scores because they were just plain not confident about their abilities. It showed a lot about human and group psychology, how easy it is to go with the group, and how much power a group with a prevailing thinking like that really has. I think the study was especially important because it was done on children, and it shows how easily young minds can be warped by their elders to think a certain way. It really shows how quick an entire country's way of thinking can be decided and set in stone, as the superior feeling kids felt like it was completely true and would remain that way forever. It also demonstrates how difficult it would be to have something like racism reversed. When the children were labeled superior they felt powerful and in charge, and those who were victimized felt so depressed they didn't even want to try to get anything better. I think Mrs. Eliott did a wonderful thing getting the children to think the way they did, and it made me happy to see their way of thinking continue throughout adulthood when they were reunited. It really shows how much impact one teacher can have on student's lives, and that lessons against racism should really be taught in our schools.
I thought the video "A Class Divided" was very surprising but interesting to watch. The exersice really helped these young kids understand racism and see the perspective of the inferior side, which helped them really change their outlooks on different races. I think that this experiment helped change descriminating thinking over time. Since children are the future and they learn from hands on exercises like these and this was a lesson that became personal it stuck with them for life which later led to them teaching their kids that and so on. I also think this lesson could have really been for anyone not only kids, it could change the thinking of older adolescents and adults as well.
I agree with Ethan that i think this should be a more widely taught lesson in schools everywhere. It not only showed the intellectual changes in the kids, but how it can emotionally affect the kids that are being discriminated against.
I liked this video because I like how Mrs. Elliot, a teacher during the 1960's, was able to take such a strong stance against discrimination. She wasn't afraid to open up to a documentary and voice her opinion and her ideas on how discrimination needs to be stopped. I thought it was great to see how much the students appreciated what she did so many years later.
I agree with what Missy said and I like how she pointed out the effect superiority had on the kids performances in school. It shows that intelligence can partially be based on expectations. When the kids are expected to be smarter, they do better.
i think the best way to learn something of this nature is to put someone in the position of the person with the upper hand but also with the lower hand. This helps the person fully wrap their minds around of what is REALLY going. I think this teacher did a great job teaching about racism and that her lesson should be taught nationwide.
I thought this was a great film. It goes to show how much society and all the media can negatively portray people and then in turn teach younger people the wrong things. I think that schools should use some type of experiment like this to make children fully understand how fortunate they really are. The most interesting thing from the film is that the students all performed better in school afterwards and i just think that it should be looked into more than just being brushed aside.
I agree with Alisa...i think that the teacher did the right thing in voicing her ideas and by doing the experiment. I definetly had an affect on those peoples lives and im sure it would help a lot of other people as well
I really enjoyed this video because the small town third grade teacher was teaching her kids something that was foreword thinking for her time. She did it in a harmless way but it had very profound effect on the kids. I thought it was interesting to see the kids' grades go up when they were the superior race and go down when they were inferior.
I agree with Bram. I think they should do this type of lesson everywhere. I believe it would make a change for the better for the next generation.
I enjoyed watching the video in class today. It was cool to see how easy it was for the teacher to divide the class with discrimination and how the kids believed everything that she said. The kids were easily influenced by the teacher and they believed everything that she told them. Mrs. Elliot’s teachings showed us in the video that discrimination is very common and it can develop very easily.
I agree with Sean. I think that that because the children hadn't formed their own opinions about racism, the experiment was really helpful to their understanding of what discrimination really does to people. I also agree with his point that the experiment showed that discrimination develops very easily.
I really liked this video. It is amazing to me that not too long ago, many children were treating black people and other minorities with such discrimination as though it wasnt a big deal. I grew up learning from teachers and my family that discrimination is wrong, but seeing young third graders act that way was very surprising. I am greateful for Mrs. Elliot for teaching her class such an important lesson that thier parents should have been teaching them. I agree with Marissa Welch's comment that the children's grades improved dramatically when they were "superior" is because of their own self confidence. This method could be used in a less severe method to really increase childrens' grades and improve thier self confidence.
I liked this video because of how it showed a before and after view of the kids. It was interesting how it showed just how much the experiment affected them and how they voiced their opinions many years after the fact. It felt almost as if it was the kids speaking directly from their childhoods and not from years later thanks to the editing. This gave the film a cool effect which really helped me relate to the kids directly.
I think that Mrs. Elliots activity was an interesting study in race relations. It showed just how easy it is for an authority figure to manipulate how others act and feel toward their fellow man. It was also interesting to see how little prodding it took on the first day to create rifts between the brown and blue eyed children.
I thought this film was great and what that ms. Elliot did was amazing. I feel that if more teachers took a day or two to teach this lesson there would be much less racism. Although now there is not as much to do about it because we are all equal, it is still a good thing to do.
I agree with Patrick on how this teacher should be awarded because what she did was a great idea and could really change the next generations views on racism and make a big difference in the world
I thought that this experiment was very brave of Mrs. Elliot. She recognized a clear issue and decided to act upon it which I thought was courageous of her. It was so interesting to see the way that the children reacted to this experiment, not only their behavior, but the video mentioned that the group of children that were on top that day's grades went up, while the children who were on the bottom's grades dropped. This made many people question the type of impact society and the environment really has on children.
I enjoyed this video a lot. I think what Mrs. Elliot had done was a bold but interesting experiment. She had successfully taken innocent 3rd graders and in a matter of 15 minutes, she had turned them into racist and segregated children. I thought it was ridiculous how some kids noted that when they thought that they were better than other kids because of something like there eyes, they felt better about themselves. What Mrs. Elliot had done was a perfeect portrayal and lesson on what racism is.
I agree with Allie, I think that these programs should happen a lot more than they do. Racism is still a problem and if children gain awareness at a young age, then they will hopefully be more apt to go against racism, and pass that on to their children and so on.
I agree with Erik I think this lesson should be touched upon at all schools at a young age
I loved this documentery. I felt like that teacher was way ahead of her time and that she also exibited very brave behavior in actually teaching her class such a controversial lesson. I agree with Allie H. these types of lessons should occur more often in our communities and schools.
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