February 26, 2008

Lego banned from school

Lego has always been regarded as a great educational tool for young children; it helps them learn about making shapes and building up all sorts of things. But in a particular school they introduced a group of eight year olds to the Lego building system.

This all went alright for some time; they built up a selection of buildings including businesses and residential buildings. But as things began to expand the problems began to happen with arguments over who all has the good pieces and so a form of co-operative is established, but with expansion there are more problems that occur.

But as more children join the group a sort of hierarchy develops with the kids that had been doing building becoming the authority figures, while the newer members become the new comers with little resources and the bits of land that nobody wants. This was becoming too much like the real world and so the Lego is scrapped for now!

Source [Rethinking Schools]