Number FOUR

Unlearning the Myths that Bind Us

By Linda Christensen                                                                                           Rachel Miale

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 When we read children’s books, we aren’t just reading cute little stories, we are discovering he tools with which a young society in manipulated.”

·    What this means is that children books are nice and cute, but it all has a twist to everyone.  For example take the book Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  In this book it goes to show kids that it’s ok to break into someone’s house and eat their food.

2.       “I don’t want students to believe that change can be bought at the mall, nor do I want then thinking that the pinnacle of a woman’s life is an “I do” that supposedly leads them to happy ever after.  I don’t want my female students to see their sisters as competition for that scarce and wonderful commodity-men.”

·     Not ever life ends happily ever after, every kids book ends t=with this line.  This is showing kids that everything will end great and sometimes it doesn’t.  The book Cinderella shows kids that sisters and step sisters are evil and you have to compete with them.  None of this is true.  It is hard to tell kids this when this is what these books are saying. 

3.       “Many who watched cartoons before we start our study say they can no longer enjoy them.”

·    After reading this article I can’t either.  I use to watch all these show and now that I think about it, it really bothers me.  I have a little brother and sister and it bothers me when they still watch these shows.  I never thought that a children show could be so bad.

This article was an easy read for me.  It really made me think about what in this world is actually good.  I was a little kid and I watched all these shows and now I find out that they’re not good for you.  It just really makes you think...