First- finish up reading Ender's Game this weekend
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What do you like/dislike about the idea of battle school?
What would your ideal school look like? One that you would actually want to attend?
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The general concept of the battle school I like overall, but it just feels a bit isolated. The isolation comes in terms of the separation of commander to the rest of the army and the fact that even the commanders also have their own lunchroom. The battle rooms are impressive having them stacked one on top of the other. The gravitational change is also impressive. My ideal school would have these types of things but not so standoff-ish and isolated. Everyone will be able to go wherever they please.
ReplyDeleteI agree, a leader is in charge of his soldiers and as that his responsibility is to grow with them and inspire them. If he sees less of them, as is being done because of the isolation of the commander, then the troops will not grow to understand and fully respect their leader.
DeleteI think that the concept of being able to train for the military without the risk of injury while still remaining realistic is extremely useful. If this actually exsisted I feel that new members of the military would be better prepared and aware of the situation that they are getting themselves into.It would also be a good way to train the officers more effectively. I don't like the extreme power that the leaders have over the battle school. I think that they are unnecessarily intrusive and have the ablilities to do anything because there is no check on their desicions. This battle school is more harmful to certian characters because of the extent of the power by the leaders. Ender's life is completely controlled and changed in every aspect. This is harmful because although in the story the young children are mature, they are also just kids. Ender has no sense of pride or praise when he accomplishes something positive, all he can expect is a new change in his environment. My ideal school would have the same physical structure as the one in the novel. The only changes I would make would be to the balance of power. I would also change the way that the children are treated, although they are expected to act like adults, I would make sure that they still experience what they would as a normal kid.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. The kids have no sense of privacy and the people in charge have this weird ultimate power. It's like they don't answer to anyone, which makes things all the more disturbing. If the entire world is solely depending on this army of insanely smart children, then they need to put themselves in check. There's no way to go through this intense training where someone is watching your every move and transition to a normal life afterwards.
DeleteI have the same thoughts about Ender. I feel like there comes a point were you need pride and or praise to help push you past limits that you cannot necessarily get past alone.
DeleteBattle School seems pretty cool with the whole fighting concept. However, I feel that even though it's not meant to be a happy place, they really push their kids sometimes too far. I don't like how secretive they are, even if I understand why, because that causes a lot of mistrust. Also, the way they treated Ender, even though he's supposed to save the world, was so cruel it nearly broke the guy and that I do not like.
ReplyDeleteMy battle school would probably have to be just as tough, but at the same time different. Yes, I wouldn't give those kids slack but I also wouldn't have them constantly going through hell and isolation just so that they're the perfect soldiers. Not everyone, no matter how smart they are, are meant to be soldiers. That battle school seemed like a matter of life or death at times, and the way they didn't care about education or what the students were doing to each other was horrible.
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DeleteThat is true. Just find out what happens afterward. Things get real.
DeleteThe technology and games are appealing. However, it seems drastic to treat the children simply as machines to do the government's bidding. I would also prefer some forms of education that aren't so focused on the sole objective of war and domination.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it does seem like the battle school fosuses only on war and domination. ☺
DeleteI agree they enforce too much pressure into saving the world like it would happen all of a sudden. This is a process and it takes time to achieve a certain goal.
DeleteI agree. What is going to happen with this children when and if they become regular citizens?
DeleteWhat is battle school? How can it exist, I mean does anything really exist? I remember once I went to battle school and yeah it was Ideal. I feel that battle school IS the ideal school, yeah....
ReplyDeleteSomewhere deep in space. Floating by its lonesome.
DeleteCool, I went to battle school too. 8)
DeleteI concur sir, you're both a gentleman and a scholar. It seems your works are of top percentage.
DeleteI went to battle school once. It was lame.
DeleteYou're right, does anything really exist? Please Ms. O'malley, look into this.
DeleteGet a load of beautiful mind over here
DeleteBattle school can't feel. It does not even real
What I like about battle school is that it allows the students to think thorugh new strategies and try them in battles with other armies. I like the idea that it proposes a hands-on way of learning and gives the students a chance to teach themselves and their peers.
ReplyDeleteI dislike the way that the colonels in the battle school make the school so competitve, such as how the students compete with other students, which causes jealousy and hatred towards one another. Additionally, I dislike the battle school in ways which the commanders pick fights with each other and try to harm one another.
I currently do not have an ideal school in mind, but I feel that Lane is a wonderful school.
I completely agree! :D
DeleteI definitely agree with you and I also appreciate how the students at the school can think in a militaristic mindset and this is key to winning a battle. The one complaint I have about the school is that the students are overly competitive and don't have any means of teamwork. #rudeanddisrespectful.
DeleteI like the idea of battle school as a way tp train soldiers so that they have some form of battle experiance, without having to actualy be in any form of danger (despite it being safe.) I feel that the battle school is ideal for the situation humanity was in, and those being trained to fight would do so for the future of humanity against the buggers. My ideal school, however, would not be related to battle but combat as a whole (assuming my ideal school would have to be a type of battle school.) At a young age after their first years, launchies would be able to chose their specialization based on their skills learned within classes, and would be assigned to armies based on those skills. The battle room would have features to support different soldier types of war, such as support who will have utility type items like smoke bombs, or medics who can unfreeze frozen soldiers.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Konrad. It's almost like experiencing a live video game.
DeleteThe idea of battle school, in my opinioin, is a bit twisted. School to me is a place that feels safe and is a place you can grow and learn as an individual. Battle is a hostile encounter between opposing military forces. The concepts contradict themselves. However, learning to defend yourself in a time of danger is a good thing to learn. So I am still on the fence about what i like or dislike about the idea of battle school.
ReplyDeleteMy ideal school would be a place that challenges you yet doesn't give you a ridiculous amount of stress for, in the long term, unimportant reasons. It is a place that you can learn how to succeed in life and is a place that can help you figure your future plans out. It is a place where you feel safe and accepted.
This seems like a cool place to attend. It has more of a bright outlook compared to Battle School.
DeleteAGREED. Battle School is very twisted and not a good thing for young children to engage in.
DeleteOoo, i would definitely want to join this kind of school! Stress-free challenges is my kind of work.
DeleteWhat I like about the idea of battle school is that the kids are being trained to protect themselves and survive on their own. They are treated like adults and are pushed to their furthest capabilities. What I dislike about battle school is that the adults are able to hack into every aspect of the students' minds, especially Ender's. The teachers play on their weaknesses and force them to accept fear and lies.
ReplyDeleteMy ideal school would look like the castle from Disney World....♥
I totally agree the teachers are more destructive than they are useful to the kids. I would totally attend a battle school if it looked like that :)
DeleteAgreed! The teachers push the students too much and they give them no privacy. I can see why Ender constantly gets upset.
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DeleteHow can we not agree? We all love Disney. A perfect world of imagination and no worries just happiness.
DeleteYES PLEASE DISNEY WORLD SCHOOL DEAR GOSH
DeleteI agree with you. It's very impressive how these kidz have the intelligence capacity to think quickly and utilize their survival skillz in dangerous situationz. However, the harsh treatment they receive from the adultz is #cray.
DeleteI enjoy the idea of battle school and how the simulated battles are an intense way to change the way of thinking of the soldiers to adjust them to combat in space. I forces the trainees to think outside of the box in order to outsmart their opponents, rather then just defeat them using brute force. This is a necessary skill to have given the three-dimensional nature of movement in space, a factor that changes the way battles are fought. I still think that it may not be designed well enough to prepare for combat against the aliens who strike in mass numbers, and instead seems focused on person vs person combat.
ReplyDeleteA more ideal battle school would be one that has extremely one-sided fights and severe punishments for the losers. No sympathy at all.
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DeleteThe children become prepared for mass combat during their lessons on military tactics. The person vs person fights are to reinforce the idea that they have to think for themselves and that when they are out in battle, they only have their own back. It is also preparation for when fights between the aliens get up close and personal.
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I like the idea that kids are able to independent and think on their own. I don't like that there is so much pressure for kids to save the world. There is already an extreme amount of pressure on kids to do well and get into great schools and make a lot of money. Battle school allows kids to see what the real world is theoretically like. They have commanders and people that they must answer to, but they are also given the opportunity to work hard and rise up the ranks.
ReplyDeleteMy ideal school would allow you to take core classes while letting you take specialized classes at the same time. This would be implemented until sophomore or junior year of high school. Then you would no longer have to take core classes and you could focus on taking classes that reflect what you enjoy and what you want to do as a career. There would be a 2 hour break in the day where students would have to take a common sense class, such as how to do taxes or how to budget funds. Classes would not rely on tests to grade the students. Students would be graded on things such as successfully filing their own taxes (without getting audited, but with external help allowed).
Ooh, I like the idea of a school like that. That seems very fun. You are right about Battle School though. That school is intense.
DeleteI totally agree kids should be kids and not being relied to save the world alll of a sudden. I also agree with the idea of your new school it reduces stress for everyone. Why can't this happen now in our generation?
DeleteBattle school is really great for the fact that it's built to be like the genuine battle, and that it teaches one how to make tactics and be prepared for the unimaginable. However, it takes away from peoples lives and makes them agressive people (from my experience with Army men and women). Also, I think one needs to be aware of what could happen in battle school, like you'll never be the same person because you'll be so defensive and very critical of anything anyone does. My ideal school, in general, would be a curiculum where, just like now, we have electives, except all our classes are electives. If someone wanted to take 7 English classes, so be it. However, they would have to have atleast 2 years of math (not pre-calculus or anything; something like discrete math), a year of world wide basic history, and obviously about 2 years of English so everyone was on the same level with grammar and what not. Also, I feel as if jobs for high schoolers should be available, in school, for like a semester per job (like be a cashier for one and a cheif the other) so students could experience the outside world without really needing to associate with actual ferms. I also think uniform and ID's aren't necesary, and that lunch should be an hour long, and bathroom breaks are a must (make passing periods like 10 minutes); block scheduele would be an example of how the day could be set up.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of having optional jobs, especially for places that claim to prepare their students for the real world.
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DeleteYour ideal school would be something that I actually would not mind getting up for in the morning. I love the passing periods.
Deletei agree with your class idea. Eveyone needs a basic education, but doesn't need to learn pre-calc
DeleteO would love to go to your school. I agrea that they should let us pick our classes. I think that some classes that we're forced to take arent really necessary or helpful in life. I also agree on the job idea. I think that they should include more activities like jobs , so that we can have life skills and experiences.For example I think we should have like something similar like on- the-job training or something like that but for what you want to major in for college.
DeleteI think that battle school is a fantastic idea, some kids may find it unfair and unnecessary but everyone forgets that they can't draaft kids. It is all voluntary, the kids have to accept it and if the kids say no then they are left at home. Battle School helps make the soldiers to defend the planet. Since that it is meant for aliens it also sort of brings world peace because kids from all across the world can enter battle school. The kids are still reciving a good education and battle tactics, it helps kids grow as a whole. Some kids are miserable at Battle School but that is because they feel so much pressure, if they find a way to deal with the pressure then it would be like a bording school. If kids make it through to the end of battle school they already have a career path in the military. This also is great training, it helps soldiers prepare at such a young age. The kids won't be normal they would be much better than that.
ReplyDeleteI dislike that the entire aspect of the battle school is to pit the kids against each other. They are essentially made to overcome their peers and then if they make friends they are taken away form them or have to become their opponents. There is never anyone for them to confide in for long periods of time and they don't really create a sense of security. On the other hand, they all form a sense of comradery because they have to go through the same hardships. They can feel empathetic toward each other and, even if they never become friends, can harbor mutual respect for one another.
ReplyDeleteMy ideal school would not have tests or grades, but students would talk about what they learned and have conversations with one another. I think one of the best ways for a person who isn't understanding something to learn is to learn it form a friend who does understand. They can ask anything without worrying about feeling stupid and things that are harder to understand can perhaps be put into better context.
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DeleteI think that battle school is not a very proactive way to train people now, for we are not fighting wars in space and have no reason to be in space right now. My ideal school would be the concept of a montessori school, where students learn from one another and everyone learns at their own pace. I went to a montessori school, and thism way of learning helped me broaden my horizons and have a better overall education.
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DeleteMy battle school would look like an at your own speed school where you were pushed but you do all the work and if you want to succeed you do that but if you don't its okay. Then also have and overview of what should be done and not overwhelm the kids with what should happen. The problem that I have with Battle School in the book is to focus on war but also make you stronger and in my opinion it should be both that and fun with other learning involved
DeleteBattle school is just what kids need today in order to gain discipline and show respect. I like the idea of having battle school, especially for people who choose to neglect the school life and vandalize the school's property. Battle school would seem like a military camp if it were to exist today. Since the purpose of battle schools are to improve the personality and get people ready for war, I would recreate this facility in order to make use of people. The battle schools in "Ender's Game" may also be used to facilitate a perfect utopia: people who oppose the society rules in an area will be sent to Battle School for affirmation to the society and to use those people for battle, and for people who live harmoniously in the society will choose to go to Battle School or not. My ideal school would look like Hogwarts, a giant building with lots of space in each room.
ReplyDeleteI feel like the school is very technological advanced and very impressive. The school has alot to offer to their students and serves average expectations. I like the fact that students are able experiement with the technology being offered there and that they have the ability to discover new techniques. There is so much to learn and yet to be discovered but students like Ender are already ahead of the league without having to be taught. The only few things I would change would be that more girls should be allowed in the school so that school is more diverse and so that girls don't feel like the school is being sexist. And to prove that girls are as skillful like boys. I would also let students visit their parents at once a week so that they don't feel far from away from home because they need their parents. They need the love and the affection of their family especially being so young.
ReplyDeleteThat would be a cool idea, with the whole visiting. And I agree that school is very technological. Definitely feel the school is sexist. I think there was only one girl, Petra, even mentioned at the Battle School and that's unfair because girls can be just as good as boys.
DeleteSO TRUE! Because of the rules of the school it seems that Ender and Valentine has distanced themselves away from each other.
DeleteI agree on the ideo of the school being very technological, but do you think the students really care? Do you think they want to be there? Do you think they want to fight? I feel like if I was there I would be scared to death. I think that even though its not a real battle, I would freak out. I also wouldn't stand to be so isolated, I liked how you included visitinig to you school.
DeleteI also agree that students should be able to visit their families often. This would help them have something to actually fight for, since not allowing them to do so takes away their humanity and they wouldn't be fighting for a cause that they don't know much about.
DeleteI think that the battle school can be very helpful. Being able to train like if you were in a real battle wihtout actually getting hurt, is very impressive. I think that is a good technique so that no one would get hurt. Although training for battle seems very impressive and effective, I think it can also have a down side. I think that even though they simulte every aspect of battle, nothing will be like the real experience.I think that as humans, we respond differently to a situation, than how we think we're going to respond. My ideal school would be somewhat alike to the one in Ender's Game. My school would be strict but not overly strict, just strict enough to make everyone follow the rules. I would have an upper force controling the school but i wouldnt give it totalitarian power. I would let the students be more involved, and let them be who they are. I will also have good teachers who arent corrupt and mean to the students. Over all I would make my school more enjoyabe for the students.
ReplyDeleteI agree the students in the book seem kinda restricted. I do agree that there should be some short of discipilne but at the same time let the students be their own individuals.
DeleteMy ideal school would have large rooms so that people aren't so cramped together. In order to successfully teach kids to learn something and remember it, the teachers in my ideal school would engage in activities with their children that may threaten their life, yet teach them about the lesson while the person is under pressure. I think the way Ender learned his skills and tactics from the I.F. is very effective, although teachers should share this pressure among all of his or her students (such as a competition or tournament). My ideal school would be a school with increased discipline.
ReplyDeleteThe thing I hate about the Battle school is how varied each barrack is different depending on the commander. For example, Bonzo always had his squad keep their barracks very neat, but Rose da Nose didn't really care, and had their barracks very disorganized. I also dislike how there is no emphasis on actual learning. When and if the invasian comes, what are the children supposed to do afterwards? Although, I do like how each child has the chance to work off each other. For example, when Petra was helping Ender with his shooting. Being in an enviroment where the children are comfortable sharing their skills with each other is great. My ideal school would be a school where I could focus more on one area rather than having set times. If i'm understanding one topic I want to be able to move on and focus on something i'm having a harder time with. I'd also enjoy a more arts and literature oriented curriculum. Although I like math, I find it boring once I understand a concept to just keep going over it 100 more times. Even just getting to a point in math that becomes unnecessary in everyday life.
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ReplyDeleteIt is great how the kids learn in the battleroom by themselves with trial and error. For example when Ender shows kids to go feet first instead of facing the enemy with their entire bodies, they see it works because your chest is unexposed. These little gestures changed how everyone fought and how they saw the battleroom. I dislike how the school was so easily broken for one student, it just seems like all the other students are there for no reason other than something for Ender to train and shoot at. It is also weird that they trained commanders with people other than ships because as a commander of the fleet they will command ships which function differently than people do.
ReplyDeleteMy ideal school would have kids take a few years of school to have them see what they like, what they're good at and what they're bad at. Then they could choose what they want to be and the first two years would show the kids what they would be doing in the field they choose. They would still learn English, math, and science but will be focused on what they want. There will be problems but nothing is ideal.
I like the fact that in battle school thee is little or no risk injurying yourself or somone else while being able to engage in "real life" scenarios. I dont like the fact that everyone is so isolated, i mean I iknow that the whole point of battle school is to fabricate the best soilders that have ever existed, bu they should atleast be able to contact there family and meet up with them face to face. My ideal school would involve many of the things that the battle schools now have but the pupils wouldnt be so isolated from others.
ReplyDeleteThe general idea of battle school, isn't appealing to me. The uniformity, the brutalness, and innocence-breaking of this institution seems more a monster creator, and dictator maker than the perfect soldier mold. These boys will grow up ruthless and unforgiving, and these quality do not make for peacetime. As soon as the war is over, what will you do with the little killing machines you have created? Exterminate them? Try and brainwash them into following the code of "honor" set by the military/government? No these boys will not live normal lives. So you just broke the moral compasses and minds of a generation.
ReplyDeleteAnd my ideal school is having a program set up on a computer that teaches you things like how to mortgage a house, and find a job, as well as money counting skills, and skills set up for the specific needs of your chosen field of study/job course
Deletehow do i reply to this but saying that i understand what u mean and in a way u persuaded me to not like battle school <XD
DeleteThis is probably my favorite comment on Battle School. I agree with EVERYTHING.
DeleteWhat I like about battle school is the games they get to play. I think it would be fun to battle other classmates as long as it doesn't get out of hand. What I don't like about battle school is that they put too much pressure on the children and they make the children grow up to fast. A child simply loses its childhood when they attend that school, I think they should make the school more fun than competitive.
ReplyDeleteIn my dream school, students get to choose all thier classes and classes start in the early afternoon. There is no grading system, the teachers decide if you are ready for the next level based on your maturity. There is only three classes a day that last one hour each and you get payed for attending. There is no homework or test only entertaing lessons.
Battle School is very interesting especially since its for kids. They have to endure this kind of learning and someone usually wouldnt expect that. My ideal school would be a school where each student has their own teacher. In reality, a whole classroom is being taught by one teacher. That teacher could be teaching about 30 kids or so. But inevitably, each individual is their own person. Each person learns a certain way. But again, in reality, each student is given material and if they undertsand it,good, if they don't, then too bad. There are so many different levels and ways a child can fully understand a subject so that everyone comprehends the subject equally. A perfect school would have a 1:1 student/teacher ratio where the teacher would be someone who has the same perspective as the student.
ReplyDeleteWhat i disliked about battle school was the fact that there was very little emphasis on learning the focus was on battle. which i guess is understandable for a battle school but i feel that after battle school most of the kids will have very little knowledge of the real world and very little experience with that type of day to day life.
ReplyDeleteMy ideal school would have large classrooms with fewer students. it would also have resources and money for those things. (unlike a certain school system that will remain nameless) I would also like more hands on activities because textbooks and worksheets are boring and pointless.
Battle sounds cool but the way they manipulate Ender irritates me. Any how, I would like an ideal school but lets get real it would have to be somewhere far away from humans thus not being able to go because human beings have away of making anything fun depression stressful and eh. I wouldn't want to attend any ideal school cause the word school is associated with a memory ever person has and it's usually not a happy one. School is where deepest depressing secrets start out. So i wouldn't want to attend even if ideal cause eventual something will happened that makes it stress full and annoying.
ReplyDeleteThe parts I like about battle school are the subjects the children learn, such as math, science, military tactics and combat simulations. I also like how the lights on the floor tell a certain year student where to go.
ReplyDeleteThe main gripe I have with battle school is that it seems as a lonely desolate place, especially for the first year students who are far away from home and have not adjusted to a life without their families.
My ideal school would first start off with general studies, such as algebra, english, basic sciences. Then, during the time in between the academic career, you would begin to take elective classes and classes that would prepare you for being an adult, such as a financing class to teach you to handle all your accounts, a speech class to help you with public speaking and performing job interviews, or a computer class that will go beyond learning how to use Microsoft Word products. Then, as you near the end of the school, you get all electives that can include stuff pertaining to your future career and also stuff that you don't plan on studying, but would still just like to get a glimpse of. It would be nice.
Given the setting and the problems occuring in their time, the concept of a battle school to train our future generation is smart and useful. I can'thelp but view the battle school from our society and my prospective. I personally believe these kids are being shaped into nothing but mere savages. Taught ruthlessness and violence at such a young age will cause them to be imune to many enjoyable things in life that many kids got to enjoy. As for my ideal school, it is your everyday normal school(maybe it starts later than 8) but the courses are more history based. Get to learn about world history, Specific history of countries, government, politics, WWI and WWII. And squeeze a math or a science class if I have to. But mainly be able to learn and read about history.
ReplyDeleteBattle school is basically a giant, intense video game which is pretty cool except that they are essentially mentally handicapping them by depriving them of much needed family interaction. Since the kids are so young, I fell like they haven't emotionally matured, regardless of how smart they may be, to be training to be soldiers while being kept from their families. That really doesn't seem healthy. And there doesn't seem to be any real focus on the 'after-war' situation for the soldiers. Are they expecting them all to die so they don't actually need any real-life education? If all the buggers get wiped out are ll the would-be soldiers just turn into homeless alcoholics? For me, my ideal school would be from 10-2pm. Consist of 5, 45 minute long, periods. No mandatory classes. No lunch period. But you can eat in class if you want. I would take a lot of English, world culture, economics, french, and political classes. But that's just me.
ReplyDeleteThe Giant's game they make the students play sounds like a good idea, because it drives to mind to rethink what it perceives. But the way they force a restructuring of the way the children act sounds morally wrong. They're manipulating children and forcing down the path the school thinks will help humanity, by turning them into thinking war machines.
ReplyDeleteThe obvious answer to an ideal school would be one where the child chooses their path in life. In my opinion, an ideal school should teach students as much of the core subjects they need but should teach them what to do once you're past school, such as how to handle all the issues that adults face, like loans and taxes.
Firstly, I dislike the entire idea of children being in war and becoming soldiers. So, essentially, the Battle School itself. Despite that, I think that the school does a good job of training the children for war. They make the battles seem real so that the young soldiers are more than prepared for real life battle. Children learn to become leaders and what makes a good leader. They build strong bonds with their fellow toon mates and with their commander. I think that Battle School is the ideal military academy.
ReplyDeleteI think that my ideal school would be one that allows more free time and produces happy and less stressed students. There would be certain required courses so that students can be well-rounded, but there would be more focus on the individual's interests. Children would be able to take more classes that they are interested in and there would be less pressure to earn outstanding grades. There wouldn't be so much focus on tests, standardized or otherwise, homework, or projects. The greater focus would be on how the child can use what he or she learns in the classroom and apply it to real life situations. Students would have more free time so that they can not only do something they enjoy, but will also be able to eat and sleep. These are things that students should be able to do on a daily basis, but can't because of the piles of responsibility that school lays on them.
I think aside from not having any real childhood it'd be pretty sweet
ReplyDeleteI really love the schools dedication to strategy and the fact the the whole thing is a game. Factions, teams, toons, commanders, all of it would be an awesome school experience. however i dislike the system the school is founded on, where the game becomes everything and violence outside the game erupts, hierarchies and social conflicts. My own ideal school would be a school that allows you to learn in depth about the subjects that interest you and large set of classes diverse and nonconformist from traditional curriculum as well as social classes for later on in life. For example, you could take computer engineering, money management, Ap bio, sleight of hand, gamer strategy, weight training and even a class on the mysteries of the female gender. Basically Lane without the required classes and restrictions. You'd also guarenteed acceptance into class, regardless of past grades or space. Yes it is unrealistic but oh well.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the concept of the battle school in Ender's Game can be considered controversial because it is more hostile and intense than an average school, it definitely serves a beneficial purpose for the students that attend there. The battle school is meant to prepare the young warrior children for battle in the future which means that they shouldn't have to be coddled and pampered like students who go to schools meant specifically for education. As the saying goes, if a child is raised in a difficult and harsh environment, they will adapt and become used conditions and will be ultimately strong as adults. Besides, if you wanted really powerful and resilient fighters, you wouldn't raise them in a way where they get everything they want, you would raise them to learn that they have to work hard and that life isn't always easy.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I personally wouldn't attend a battle school because I am only interested in receiving an education so I could achieve my most wanted career path. My ideal school would not give me required classes to take, but instead, allow me to choose what curriculum I am most passionate about and I would actually want to learn. It wouldn't be sensible to take a class you don't care much for, or if it doesn't have anything to do with the career path you plan to take. Why fail a class that you didn't want to take anyway? #getonmylevel
i actually liked how they separated the commander from the platoon because it helps both the commander and the platoon. firstly, the commander has to come up with his own game plan and then has to meet with his soldiers, if he were to be with his platoon, then they can influence has decisions and make him commit errors. secondly, the platoon has to think for itself because what if the commander dies, they cant just give up, they have to think for themselves and overcome that hurdle. my ideal school would be pretty much the same. the school in the book helps everyone think and keeps them at the top of their game
ReplyDeleteThe idea of Battle School is some what clever. The use of isolating the Commander from his platoon teaches the Commander to use his soldiers in battle without holding back, because everyone knows that, like in a game of Chess, pawns go first. My ideal Battle School would be just how it is now. In war, the enemy does not hold back. They will kill you with no mercy. A military will be slaughtered if the training academy worries about each soldier's feelings in the beginning. If you volunteer to fight in the military, you are volunteering to die for the cause and that's how it should be.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of the battle school because i see it as important and necessary. Most people think that they only focus on the war and that is bad, but i think that if the main problem and concern in their life is the war then all measures should be taken to control it. One thing i don't like about the battle school is the kid's isolation. I think that these kids should be taught more on how to be competitive while still needing the help of each other.
ReplyDeleteIn my ideal school subjects like English, Math, and Science should be made shorter. Four years of math could be turned into two(least important lessons will be taken out). Test will not be taken to make sure kids understand these lessons, instead they will have to interact and participate in the class but with actual correct answers if not then participation wont count. The other 2 years will be spent on classes that you want to do. Kids have the option to leave anytime during school if they feel like they already know the lesson being taught.
I don't think that the kids being monitored constantly and being pit against each other by the adults in charge of Battle School , and their fellow peers, is a good idea. Although this might be what the creators of the school honestly believe will save them from the impending war with the buggers.Also, the kids are being taught skills specifically for fighting and working together in null gravity only.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of Battle School. It teaches children leadership skills, math, science, and forces them to thin outside the box to succeed. It also forces them to think harder about their sense of direction. In the battle room the lack of gravity messes the children's orientation, this causes them to think change their perception of up or down, a thing which Ender does easily
ReplyDeleteI feel like Battle School is somewhat barbaric, just because they're training children to become soldiers. However, it is a great idea at the same time because it exposes the children to a new lifestyle they wouldn't have experienced otherwise. It teaches them not only battle skills but life skills as well that their parents wouldn't be allowed to teach them given the circumstances of their universe.
ReplyDeleteMy ideal school is one that is challenging to the students enrolled there, so that each day brings along a new challenge so that the students are always being tested. It's good for the development of growing minds and Battle School seems pretty ideal because it offers the best for its students.