Story of stuff

     The story of stuff is a video clip made by a former Green Peace worker, Annie Leonard. The clip is concerned about the current producing and consuming system and claims that it should be changed into more eco and human friendly way thereby being popular and used as material in schools. However, some has been arguing that the clip has too much problems to be shown as an educational purpose.

     Firstly, critics argue that the information in the clip is inaccurate and selected for purpose. The critics argue that the inaccuracy of the clip makes the clip inappropriate for educational purposes. For example, the clip argues that U.S. expenditure towards military is 50% while it is actually 20%. Also, the clip mentions that U.S. population is only 5%of the world but spends 30% of the world's resources but does not mention that U.S. makes almost 30% of the world's GDP.

     Secondly, the idea of the clip may be too radical for young students to fully understand and absorb it. For elementary and middle school student, the need of balance between ideas are very important and is the key purpose of education. However, the story of stuff may be too arguable for the students of young age to understand the contents in  a healthy way. For example, students might be able to understand the context right to the fact that their pillows as toxic itself and may not want to sleep on it while the context of the clip was to mainly alarm the dangers of toxic use of factories and to stop it.

     The story of stuffs is a very discussable clip which can give a lot of positive effects to the world and university students who are able to think by themselves logically and can find the true meaning of the clip. However, it is too early for elementary and middle school students to work on their school.


Possible Motions

1. THB that there should be classes about debatable topics in elementary schools
2. THB that capitalism can solve environmental problems
3. THB that there should be regulation for trade of natural resources

ode to my tongue

A short but thick reddish plate in a cave

moves towards the front and the back

from winds from the hole of the cave

makes sounds resembling talks

 

The short plate which was extraordinary short

made a 's' sound as 'th'

christmas as chrithtmas

cosmos as cothmoth

sixsence as thixthence

 

but the plate was fast and strong

specializing itself to sound of 'th'

making itself attractive as sound of song

sound of wind coming out deep from the cave

sounds as language by the short but thick reddish plate