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The thing I like the most about this teacher is how he shows his kids that they can solve the big problems themselves, that they don't need to depend on someone in some "higher authority" to do it for them. Brilliant!
Way to go, bro! I used to teach junior high bible study and taught young teens for 25 years as a clarinet instructor. You're right on the money...and have a great name.
What an amazing teacher! Teaching our youth to think for themselves and work together to problem solve.This is education as it should be.
Sounds right to me. Makes sense. The aim is to make everyone happy while giving everyone responsibility. As in we are responsible for all. So we all need to work in a group to make it work.
"Therefore, you best of men, don't use force in training the children in the subjects, but rather play. In that way you can better discern what each is naturally directed toward."
-- Plato
Beautiful human being, extraordinary teacher!!!
I love you John. So happy to see this continue to evolve.
"their insight and their kindness". I miss that about adults.
This is what a good teacher is like. I wish we had more like him :(
(2) i.e., the end goal is not to simply gain wealth/power/resources for one person or group, but rather to maximize the prosperity of everyone. While this may not be a feasibly obtainable result, it's what we should be attempting to go for. Part of the exercise is to want to reject a current harsh reality, and fix it, in order to create a more prosperous outcome.
This is what teaching is all about!
Wonderful! Children are wiser than adults. They come into this world with much curiosity. It is the adult world that tempers it out of them. I believe this Mr. John Hunter has started something amazing. The children realize that we are all in this together. We cant have inequality if we are to survive what this universe can throw at us. Or survive our own weapons. I hope more adults will take this seriously. I hope the motto for the future will be: "Don't trust anybody over 12!" :)
Education is all about beating the last remains of compassion & empathy out of those who want to do well for themselves.
a kid has no confrontation with his painbody, this came more and more in the adult.
All the conflicts so, are a expression of the painbody, all the emotional experiencies come up and wants to integrate.
Energy is never lost and everything comes back to his creator.
You create your emotions and you are responsible for all your creations of thoughts, feelings and emotions.
You are right Chris, we do have the power to make the world as we want. Despite how bad things look for now and the possible future, we at least live in interesting times. I hope there are many more 16 year olds like you. And i hope many of us can hold onto, and rediscover, our natural curiosity of the world around us. :)
Every child knows right from wrong and is compassionate about it... It's only when we get older and become greedy and arrogant that everything falls apart.
There is one. I haven't seen it, but you can get it online if you google World Peace Game. You have to buy it on their site, though you may be able to find it elsewhere, I'm not sure. But it does exist.
Adults are frustratingly stubborn. Just try talking sense to a religeous person. The fastest path to change is in educting the next generation. Young, open minds are receptive to reason.
Damn. I wish I had gotten education this innovative and stimulating in elementary school.
It really is fantastic to see that most educators still haven't hopped on that bandwagon that most have of "Oh this generation is unintelligent, have no creativity. Back in MY day yadda yadda" and still have faith in the critical thinking skills and creativity of today's youngin's.
This goes right to the argument that children are to young to consent, make decisions for themselves or be respected like an adult.
How do you teach responsibility best, leaving them at their liberty to learn/grow for themselves, explore and make decisions so they can learn the consequences of their actions. Parents should only be there to guide, inspire, advise and minimize serious and known risks.
Treating children otherwise makes them ignorant, dependent, unprepared and irresponsible.
you mr.john hunter are wonderful
Kids are much better at this than adults because they haven't been brainwashed to believe what "can't" happen. There's a really great video about education that talks about this, about how kindergartners can find thousands of uses for a paperclip, but that if they're tested as they get older the number of uses they can find goes down each time.
Haha exactly! I'm 16, and it amazes how the older generations seems so pessimistic about so much (although they have reason to be). I just feel that they try to form us into robots and call it being "prepared". When really, individuals have the power to make their world whatever they want it to be.
This man is amazing.
I believe we will. And I am flattered although I do not deserve the praise. I would expect my mindstate to be innate, only altered through external influences (i.e., culture).
I would love to watch a documentary regarding this.
True, the environment that kids are raised in colors how well they can cooperate with one another.
In contrary to your point of view though is that adults aren't capable of the same level of 'peace' as children are. Adult's world views tend to become more and more rigid as time goes on, we loose our adaptability, which is further stifled by our parental and peer groups. Adults have a hard time letting go of unproductive views. While children don't usually have this problem at all.
This man is awesome
I'm so curious about this topic and the logistics/specifics of how the game works. As someone who like BigThink I think a big failing here is not redirecting is via links in the description on where to get more info
I love this. This is the kind of thought process and practice that is paving the way for a better world. Check out The Venus Project and The Zeitgeist Movement. These groups and others like it are trying to create a more peaceful and efficiently operated world for all people. These ideas need to be implemented into the new education system. We need your wisdom John Hunter.
we did a similar game in social studies once - to be fair it was focusing mostly on the economical aspect than rather an accumulation of world problems - but essentially what this taught me: I wish for nobody in my classroom to become a politician. the game round was brutal, people would have died, some would have become really rich while others ended up incredibly poor. I wouldn't go as far as saying that children are our future or hope - SOME might be, but the majority really isn't.
I sure hope DrWeirdo's statement is an exaggeration of the situation, and not exactly what happened (stabbing your mother in the eye part..)
But if a kind person ends up committing an act like that, there is no short answer of how it came to be. In my ears it sounds like something horrible most have happened to push you over the edge and an answer as simple as "not learned to control their rage" just isn't the complete story.
That's only part of the problem. The fact is there are people that are manipulative, hateful, greedy etc. That fact is not going to go away. They spring up in anyone, regardless of upbringing. Even with parents that encourage peace, there is still the barrier of how to deal with those kind of people, something that 4th graders likely wouldn't be able to handle outside of a game. But the point remains that they start with intuition and critical thinking skills that we could all learn from.
Religion gives reason to people. Simple as that. Don't try to act so wise. Face it, if there never was religion or anything like it, there would have been far fewer wars.
Younger people have less greed because they haven't really seen the true nature of society. I feel like this will really stick with them when they do see that though, and hopefully make them turn into people who try to better the world.
this dude is a badass. nice vid
I still don't get why people think children are stupid or not intelligent. Children are generally far better at taking in, processing, outputting, adapting, and converting information into usable forms then adults are. So long as the children aren't repressed into specific interests or robbed of their ability and love to explore kids can take humanity in directions we as adults sometimes have a hard time wrapping our rigid world views around. Kids naturally have the ultimate mindset, flexability
Brilliant just brilliant
Children always needed guidance from others. Even mentality also play as guidance but you alone must learn if its the right thing to do because no one can you directly stop it chain reaction. Example if kid hits another kid to the face the two reaction is to cry and the other is to hit back but it hits back twice as strong and sometimes it hits your face nonstop. Adult also have the same reaction. Whats football and Ice Hockey sports.
Let's not argue about kids vs adults, thats kind of silly, kids become adults, adults influence kids' development. Let us look at this problem a little more outside the box. I think it is a good idea to standardize this kind of an exercise to all elementary school systems, that way kids that go into post secondary can seriously start thinking about improving the world. We have several generations of people who feel that the world is only getting worse. this exercise inspires positive change.
This actually makes me believe that humanity will be better in the future
Kids really are more impressive than adults sometimes
His voice is so smooth...it's like the black Bob Ross...please lecture us more.
where's this game when i was in 4th grade...sounds like so much fun~!
Where can we get this game? How can we get it into more classrooms? It sounds like one small thing that can make a huge difference!
yep
I was able to do things like complex problem solving, have the patience to read (and wait for) books in a 3-7 book series, and understand (in a Catholic family) that God probably wasn't real, all at around the age of 9 or 10.
But even as a 19 year old I can see that this generation lacks the drive the generation before us did, to put it lightly. There are a lot of good apples, with plenty of resources available to them however but it seems we take our technology for granted.
this game needs to be marketed
Most kids really are very sweet; it's once they start to grow they become vicious. The ones that aren't sweet are usually just following the behaviors of their parents.
If something is bad, then something worse doesn't make it better. Badness isn't relative.
I feel like I learned nothing in fourth grade now. He is a great teacher.
I wanna play this game.. Surprised that 4th graders played this game.
I think the problem is that as they age they become more cynical and biased based on the people they hang around with, their environment, their parents, etc. and really don't care about peace anymore. I believe they are the best models for how to achieve world peace. Of course this is coming from a cynical and biased adult so just my opinion.
None of us can be as cruel or as kind as all of us.
Lets hope these kids stay good and not get messed up by our ass backward society .
I agree, great thinking
i don't think that the opposite is taught in this game. in order to understand what is wrong in the current system and to improve and change it, one need to understand it. these kids will be those who are able to revolutionize our systems. at the moment, we are not able to do that, otherwise it would have happened already.
hmm that's probably what happens when someone doesn't get exposed to and learns to control their rage manifestations under different scenarios at a young age.
Hope in humanity restored..........
Our poli-science professor had us play a game called zero sum? I think? short version.
these are the world's resources, work it out equitably amongst yourselves. After we did that, and everyone had what they needed, my teacher picked his jaw up off the floor and said it had always ended in world war and destruction of the world...until that day.
Kids aren't as stubborn and more open minding to new idea because everything's new to them. Every kid grows up in a different scenario so believing in their success is a gamble. I cant fully agree with that statement but i can't fully disagree. Point is, let's just hope we lead them properly into their future, because the fate of the human race is in their hands whether they like it or not.
Dude I'm actually a Tutor for K- 5th Grade here in Oakland. So I Totally know how Cartman felt. lmao
Or other cruel friends might influence them too. But, regardless, kids really aren't that bad.
I enjoyed this :)
I respectfully disagree. You can watch Kaku and Penn's videos anywhere. This channel is the place for the opinions of the well informed and intelligent, not the famous.
That is a vast oversimplification. The behavior of a child is very multi-faceted and complex. There are many environmental and genetic factors to take into account. I actually think his premise here has its promise, especially in kicking the current and outdated business model we call "education" out. One shoe size does NOT fit all!
Fascinating
Epic glasses.
Can I play, LOL? This should be an ad it's so mysterious.
the kids in his class will probably only appreciate him in retrospect, but thats better than nothing
wonderful
So, tell us more about the bullying? WHo did it, when did it start and what did they do to you?
Is there a way of contacting this guy and telling him about The Venus Project?
Kids aren't really like that. They learn it from adults. Childhood is all about figuring out how to live in the world and the parents and other adults around them are who they learn from because they've been here. So kids end up being mean to each other because it's what they've learned so far. Not because of individual personalities they've developed.
Very interesting, and I´m a sucker for games. Wish i could try it.
Would love to get more info on this!
what you say may be true, but how can you think that in real world, people would be kinder, more respectful and more accomodating than in a classroom where people drive each other out for no good reason? when it comes to wealth, power, resources etc., why should people treat each other fairer? your point that this is only a game is a valid one, but the reality is harsh nonetheless.
Everyone should go watch his TED talks... EVERYONE!
Bigthink would be a lot better if they provided relevant links in the description.
There's a documentary about John Hunter and his game entitled "World Peace...and Other 4th-Grade Achievements" and you can find the 8 minute trailer on youtube.
that's a silly idea. just because war was a strong driving force of technology in the past does not automatically mean that is the only viable driving force and it is certainly not necessary for progression. no one knows what the future brings, but war doesn't have to be part of it.
This just reminds me of how underpaid teachers are.
Yes
This guy needs to design a computer simulation of this game that can be more widely distributed, that will communicate success and failure back to a central database that will single handedly develop an A.I. designed to solve all of the worlds problems.
Oh wait.....
Religon doesent cause wars, people cause wars. simple as that.
the japanese saw it as a opportunity. They revered their Emperor as a god, likely escalating their desire for greater dominations. Bottom line: the world would have fewer wars and be so much better if we never had religion, and people instead focused more on working together and on various real sciences.
These kinds of things are what should decide and develop society's moral compass in the future, not religion.
this guy looks like iron man's sidekick
What makes you think that? I remember as a kid a group of us one day decided to smash some glass bottles around a park one day for fun. It was a small neighborhood - I learned some younger kid couldn't play there because of the glass.
I felt absolutely terrible, afraid and disgusted with myself at that moment. In my senior high school years I never once lifted a finger to do anything about people that suffer around the world that don't need to.
Give a kid a gun he'll find another use for it.
God we need more hope.
Would it be so bad to show images of what he's talking about?
My comment wasnt about weapons or ways of murder. Its that a kid would not commit murder because they have too much heart to do it.
beautiful.
I never dreaded elementary school. Kids wouldn't be asshats to each other if they didn't learn to be mean-spirited from the people around them.
Semi-smart pseudo intellectuals arguing religion in the comments' section again?? Wow! I literally try to escape it, but every time I steal away, looking over my shoulder to see that I'm in the clear it just pops up when I look ahead..
Ummm...did you listen to the video at all? He says that he designed the game specifically so that they would have to go against convention and fall back on their own thoughts and dig deep. Wouldn't it be a given that building new systems would fall into that category? The systems we have in place are corrupt? Can you give me an example where a "system" is corrupt, and not just the people in that system? I would love to converse about this.
Main problem here is that they aren't seriously considering the exercise. It's grade school. They aren't actually thinking about how to solve the problems, how to make sure everyone benefits as much as possible, etc. They're thinking about how to puppeteer the game to their whims, how to break it, how to sabotage their classmates, and the like. It becomes a -game-, not an exercise in problem solving, but a game about interpersonal relations within the class. In other words, the results are moot.
To think that children independently of external factors become "horrible bastards" is a naive and primitive view that doesn't take into account the *obvious* effects of cultural influences. While it is true that everyone has in their DNA the capacity for great atrocities (due to our survival instinct for example), societal factors cannot - and must not - be dismissed if we ever want to achieve a global and peaceful society. Teaching peace from an early age seems like a good starting point.
All of the countries benefited from their efforts in the simulation. In other words... it worked.
maybe he means simpler less selfish thinking