Note: This entry and the previous one are simulated homework assignments that I am doing for evaluating a lesson plan I'm working on for a class. That explains why the content has nothing to do explicitly with education.
My personal Dystopia would have to be pretty bad. I suspect it would be run by a huge totalitarian government that demanded high taxes from its citizens and completely excluded the masses from governmental involvement. There would be no video games for any one. In fact, computers and the internet would be outlawed in general. Think modern day China but with even more restrictions. Everyone would be constantly monitored by surveillance cameras and microphones embedded in their clothing. Individual expression would be squashed so thoroughly that anyone with a different hair style would be subject to imprisonment for dissenting against the state. The workforce would be divided arbitrarily with most people trained in manual labor and only a very select few (likely anyone with connections to the leaders of the ruling government) would receive formal education that would allow them to work in higher end jobs. All writing would be geared towards indoctrinating people into the ways of the state, with no uncensored material being generated anywhere.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
My Utopia
Note: This and the following entry are sample assignments that I'm doing for a class. They don't actually have anything to do with education other than the fact that they simulate a bit of homework I might actually give my students some day.
My personal Utopia would have video game consoles available for all citizens. Really, I think it might even be a required portion of education that everyone must take a course in some gamer-related skill. Food would have to be made available to everyone. Maybe to account for that I might suggest instituting a mandatory service period for everyone to spend some time on the farm producing food. The government would probably still be a democracy, though it would be a little bit more selective in how it selected officials. I'm thinking that voting should require a certain level of education to prevent people from being uninformed voters. Maybe there could be a course offered separate from traditional education, because it's ridiculous to encourage everyone in the country to pursue higher education. I might also institute mandatory nap time. People don't get enough sleep and there should be some time set aside every day to account for that. I'd definitely recommend more vacation for workers in my country, because two weeks a year is just no good. The average should be more like a month. Also, cable and internet companies would be regulated so they could not charge penalties to customers who want only one service. That is all.
My personal Utopia would have video game consoles available for all citizens. Really, I think it might even be a required portion of education that everyone must take a course in some gamer-related skill. Food would have to be made available to everyone. Maybe to account for that I might suggest instituting a mandatory service period for everyone to spend some time on the farm producing food. The government would probably still be a democracy, though it would be a little bit more selective in how it selected officials. I'm thinking that voting should require a certain level of education to prevent people from being uninformed voters. Maybe there could be a course offered separate from traditional education, because it's ridiculous to encourage everyone in the country to pursue higher education. I might also institute mandatory nap time. People don't get enough sleep and there should be some time set aside every day to account for that. I'd definitely recommend more vacation for workers in my country, because two weeks a year is just no good. The average should be more like a month. Also, cable and internet companies would be regulated so they could not charge penalties to customers who want only one service. That is all.
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