April 11th, 2008
Not on the test
Folk songs protesting government policy haven’t been in vogue since I was a toddler. But Tom Chapin, who performs in the video below, might just have singlehandedly revived the tradition.
(Major Hat Tip to Mike Sporer for hipping me to this song)
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This folk song gets an A+ from me!!! I wonder when we’ll wake up and teach the ‘whole’ child “all over this land”?
[...] double thank you to Dan Pink (and Mike Sporer) today, for introducing me to Tom Chapin’s guitar-based critique of trends [...]
Having spent 32 years in education, this video was very compelling to me. The way we educate kids simply will not service in the future!
Seems like one could create an entire YouTube Channel of videos like this and promote topics for which songs/videos are needed.