Wheels of Freestyle: Asamblea escolar que vale la pena
By: Keith
¿Recuerdas las asambleas escolares de cuando eras niño? Si no, te perdono. Al menos probablemente recuerdes el motivo principal, que el salir de clases era súper fabuloso y que no importaba lo que la asamblea trataba de enseñarnos. Ahí no sentábamos en el auditorio escuchando a un individuo bien aburrido (quien siempre parecía ser que vivía en una camioneta junto al río) impartiendo sabiduría. Por supuesto yo nunca escuchaba, y dudo que los niños hoy en día escuchen mucho a las asambleas impartidas por personas viejas y aburridas. Recuerda, no importa que lo que estés diciendo sea correcto, lo único que importa es que eres viejo y aburrido – asunto perdido.
Los administradores de la Escuela Secundaria de Amherst una vez decidieron que podrían hacerme escuchar a un individuo de la localidad que presumía de ser un contador de historias (en la tradición de los Indios Americanos a pesar de no ser uno él mismo). Lo único que recuerdo es que él era muy entusiasta per sudaba demasiado. Pero, ¡epa! Me escapé de tener un día normal de clases y eso fue padre. Pero si hubo una sola ocasión en la que si puse atención a una asamblea escolar. Yo tenía 10 años y tuvimos un tipo que bailaba break dance como invitado para hablarnos de lo malo que son las drogas. Esa fue una buena asamblea porque yo verdaderamente creía que el break dance era súper padre, el tipo era verdaderamente bueno, y después de que acabó sí recordé que era malo tomar drogas. Y en vita de esa revelación…
Wheels of Freestyle
Esta mañana me encontré con este video promocional de Wheels of Freestyle y pensé, ¡Esta hubiera sido una asamblea que yo hubiera podido apreciar cuando era chico!. ¿Qué hace de una asamblea algo bueno? Me gustaría decir que el mensaje es lo principal, pero no es cierto. Solamente vale la pena impartir el mensaje después de que te has ganado el respeto de los alumnos. Como dije antes, no importa que lo que digas sea bueno si tu audiencia no te respeta. A mí me parece que Wheels of Freestyle proporcionaría una asamblea de calidad, saludable y que no induce un estado comatoso (¿acabo de decir “saludable”? ¡Tal vez si me esté volviendo viejo!).
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I dunno. Don’t kids see enough bmx in their spare time. I remember a similar school assembly I saw as a kid in high school that featured these buff athletes blowing up hot water bottles until they burst and had one guy laying on a bed of nails while another athlete smashed cinder blocks over his stomach. I remember shouting, “Now try it with ONE nail!”
It was an amazing show, don’t get me wrong, but I didn’t learn anything from the anti-drug message that came along with it. If anything, I’m pro-drug today! I say legalize all drugs, even heroine and crack. Put those wastoids on prescription. The Drug War has caused more harm to innocent people than the drugs themselves.
But, I digress. Perhaps I was just a punk in high school. I disrespected all school assemblies. Perhaps I’m not the best person to judge what makes a “wholesome” school assembly. My friends and I mocked them and figuratively spat at them. I did the same to the popular kids in school. I was a hoodlum and wouldn’t change for anybody.
I guess what this rambling comment is trying to say is that kids don’t listen no matter how good the show is. They’ll be impressed by the show, but the message gets lots in all the tricks and stunts, I think. Since our country’s collective student body has fallen behind and is no longer the tops in the world, shouldn’t we be scrapping the bmx shows and teaching more math and science?
I could be wrong. But, I’m a cynical guy.
Hey OddDad: I’m completely with you on the drug legalization thing. I’d say though that the message “Drugs are Bad” is worth telling simply because that message is different than whether or not they should be legal — which I agree they should be.
Seems you and I had a lot in common when we were in school. I hated all types of authority too
. You might be right about the being blown away by the show and not caring about the message. Nevertheless, I’d like to think that perhaps a few kids might actually learn something. The cynic in me says you’re right, but the optimist says go for it! Thanks for the comment!
What kid would NOT want to see something cool like this? They should bring out the skateboarders, Wee-Man, and the rest of the crowd of extreme sports guys.
Hey Keith, I know this is off topic of the blog post, but I was wondering if you use any phonics worksheets with Hooked On Phonics?
Virginia: No, I didn’t use any worksheets with HOP. We did it entirely by sight and verbally.
There was BMX track near my house as a kid and I loved it. My dad hated it because he thought the “wrong element” hung out there and forbid me to go. Of course I went whenever I could sneak away. And a few times he showed up and dragged me off home. It was embarrassing. It got worse when one of my best friends because a national champ bmx racer and started making some money when he was 15 years old. But a few years later I was glad i didn’t get into it when i found out my friend had fallen during a jump on the track and broke several bones and had to learn to walk again.