Journey inside my mind.

After reading chapter five about education and social class and chapter six about citizenship education and black and minority ethnic communities, I would like to express my opinion as below.

There were many tribes living hunting, killing and having tattoo on their skin in the jungle long time ago. At that time what did they do? What did they believe? And what was valuable for them? Can you imagine that? For instant: ancient Africa or Europe or Asia. It could be that the minorities lived together and went hunting in the jungle, there was no differences in race among them and money was not a valuable thing, so, had they have peace in their lives? Probably not, they would kill each other just by the difference in tribes’ groups, different believes and different habits.

For example, there were just three people gather together in a group; one appeared to be the leader, thus, naturally their positions were made in the group. The leader’s value would affect the destiny of the group. They also would decorate themselves with eagle’s feathers, other animal’s leathers, tattoo and piercing to show off their power. What do you think? Do you think all those happened were through education? Those are the original nature. That is why teachers cannot cure and help them but through education, these problems could be reduced, which indicates that a teacher’s role is very important

How about the contemporary society? How about Social class, cultural capital and cultural reproduction? Many people have tattoo, piercing, cosmetic surgery, buying expensive things and new technology things just the same mind-set as ancient time. Why do they do that? Just for beauty???? I don’t think so. It could be said that they want to be proud of themselves, make themselves different from others and show off their power. Generally, human has kind of those minds which means it is not depending on education and teachers. However, a number of people blame school teachers whenever problems occurred in a school or with students. It is obvious to conclude that the destiny of a group depends on the leader’s value; for example, about five or six years ago, there was a happening that one student shot and killed his friends with a gun at the school in America. At that time, many people blamed teachers and school’s education; however, that should not be the point. Again, I would say that the destiny of a group depends on leader’s value. Americans are however, still allowed to carry a gun. If the government did not allow the citizens to have guns, this incident would not have happened.

In my point of view, teachers always do their best for their students through the education and they have contributed much to reduce social problems among students and adults in the society. I believe that education power and teacher’s power by teaching moral values, history of mankind and co-operation with different kind of people, might not be able to make your children a great leader but it could enable them to distinguish the person who is a great leader.  

Since they already have got cultural capital innate in them and cultural reproduction by the influence of the society, now, what will you hand into your children?

-Too2second-