Ethics Class, Monday, 2-4pm

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"Over the course of this term, we've looked a lot at your personal moral stance on things. Today we're going to be looking more generally - on how morals are taught to children, often insidiously.

"A good medium for this is fairy tales. Every culture has them - stories that are told to children, bearing little moral gems to shape and guide. The first thing I want you to do is a select a fairy tale. Don't worry if it's not one I'll know, just pick one you're familiar with."

Comments

Re: First Hour

[chasingangela]

"I guess in Snow White, the message is ... I don't know, stepmothers are evil? Um. No, I guess it's that -- family is where you find it, you can't judge people by how they look, and then something kind of sexist about women needing to be saved all the time or not really being, like, alive until they fall in love."

Re: First Hour

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"There's some good morals in there," Tara agrees. "Now, Snow White was written a long time ago... do you think her being saved by the dwarves and then the Prince is an issue for today's children? How would you rewrite it, if you could?"

Re: First Hour

[chasingangela]

"I think that a lot of little girls still really want to be the princess, you know? I used to," Angela says, thoughtful. "So for that reason, I would rewrite it. It doesn't really matter if the dwarves are male or female, so maybe I could make it a mixed-gender group. Or make the prince who saves her a princess, to show that gender isn't as important as love."