This chapter emphasized the issues on war and poverty. The topics that grabbed my attention and interested me most were to topics on the SAT and television as the third educator in society. As a former highschool student i feel as if i can speak for many others in saying i disagree with the SAT. Many people think it is an IQ tests but it is actually made to predict ones success in college but many disagree with this notion. I’m not writing this post to describe my dislike for this test but i would like to know others point of view of what are some realistic alternatives to the SAT and deciding what is an appropriate criteria for colleges to evaluate future potential students. As students, for the most part we dislike the idea of tests or maybe school in general so from our point of view we have to think realistically and ask are there other possible solutions to this test or are school systems fine the way they are in providing this test.
The second topic of this chapter i was interested in was the section on television as the third educator. I like this idea that television should educate the youth. I wouldnt go as far to agree with Lesser in that television could be a means of rescuing the entire educational system. However i do remember as a child the educational programs such as blues clues, sesame street, and Mr. Rogers. Today television as we discussed last class is focused on reality tv. Im not sure if we have enough educational programs for the youth today. Maybe there actually are good educational channels there that many of us are not aware of.
What can corporations, foundations,educators, or government officials do to push more informational television for the youth? Maybe these programs are there but we are not aware of them. How can parents take more initiative to monitor what there children watch and let there voices be heard to push for more educational programs on tv ?
