How computers DON'T make our kids stupid.

Based on an article by Macleans.

“There's growing evidence that too much cyber-time dumbs down our children”
Freeman's convinced that computers help students master the alphabet, reading and writing more quickly than they would in a tech-free environment. "Pretty well all the kids really like it," she notes, "so they're motivated to learn."

My baby brother is only 5 years old, and he's already playing computer games that help him master the alphabet,and coordinate numbers with colors, words, letters and sounds. I still read to him at night, and correct the slang he learns from Family Guy. But he very excited when he gets to play on the computer, and the expression on his face when he completes a level is price-less.

There is no harm in buying your child a computer. They eventually learn how to manage their time between homework and social networking. Both bring your child informative information weather it is good or bad. But a computer will also not determine their perseverance to complete the school work. If the child wants to study they WILL study, the internet only provides them with extra information and contradicting points of view that helps them complete their work with superb creativity.

"I would suggest that for the reading literacy of nine-year-olds, very frequent computer use at school could have a more severe effect, since the learning of reading requires a lot of interaction between teachers and students." "But we are for introducing important technologies at the right time in the development of children."

I completely agree with this. When you are younger you need to build writing skills, reading skills, and listening skills. These are basic component for human knowledge, and only helps you progress faster than your other peers in life, if you master them earlier on.

"There's always something to take kids away from studying. Thirty years ago, at universities, it was “bridge."

Kids will always look for an alternative to education. All they want is lasting interactions with their teachers, so they can feel like they won’t be rejected if they come and ask them for help with their studies. Now days it is a lot harder to achieve, and this is why we reach out to social networks, gaming networks, and our friends. Because all of us want to feel a part of something meaningful, and bigger!


Petra Nemcova teaching Haitian children how to use the computer.

Dream City - Loving You (Robaco Bossá Remix)

Do you have to MAKE your child go to school?

Based on an article I've recently read, 1 out of 4 kids refuse to go to school. Some blame it on a misplaced pimple in the morning, others complain about their teachers, the :mean girls", the awkward lunch lady, or the intimidating vice- principle. Sometimes the occasional quiz comes up or they blame it on a terrible (hair-dryer induced) headache, or blush powdered inflamed cheeks; but when you start to notice a pattern in your child’s “refusal to go to school” behavior, it’s time to start doing some serious thinking.

School phobia, is now being categorized as an anxiety-based disorder. Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between your child constantly lying or constantly telling the truth but there is a difference between “school refusal” and “school refusal behavior.” When your child goes to school but ditches class to go hang-out with friends, it is categorized as School Refusal Behavior.But when your child goes to school, and then leaves for the house in an hour, or simply doesn’t go at all; this is a sign of School Refusal or another way of putting it ""anxiety-based absenteeism."".

Understanding your child is crucial in this situation. Because kids are not as verbal, sometimes too vague, and still can't always interpret their emotions clearly enough to help themselves, you will need to get help for them. Such behavior can take a drastic toll on your career and on family affairs.
Here are a few things Amanda Morin and I find crucial in the process on helping your child understand their fear and emotions.

1) Investigate what is going on in the school. Make sure you child has a comfortable and open relationship with you in the first place, if this is not true then you have bigger problems to worry about.

2) Check if the school cares about your child. Contact other parents and ask them what their children tell them about their experiences at school. If many children encounter the same problem with the same boy/girl or maybe teacher, then that just simplifies the problem and the time it would take not to have done that otherwise.

3) After you have found and solved the problem, try to get your child back into school slowly. If they still can’t sit through the whole day, try encouraging them for half. Give them time to adjust, and start trusting their environment again, if they are still uncomfortable or suffer from high anxiety or other problems, it might be time to start looking for alternatives.

4) As I mentioned before, a child who does not want to leave the house, and does not want to interact with other children might have his mind set on something else. Now, I am not saying that there aren’t geniuses for who school is gruesome to sit through and they prefer to stay at home and start working on their own mural, or solving one of Einstein’s theories, but the case is that many kids are depressed, uncomfortable and simply unhappy in the environment they were put in.

5) SO make staying at home more tedious then going to school. Take away video games, limit food, music, television, and other conveniences. If they start to rebel- hand them a book, if they rip the book -it’s time to start saving up for psychiatrist.

6) If you have free time take the opportunity to reconnect or connect deeper with your child. These moments are very important. They might just secretly miss you and what to be around you as much as possible :)



-HTH ( Hope This Helped )

Flexibility + Laws = Disastrous Consequences?

Having unenforced laws brings lots flexibility into the justice system, and into the Accumbens Nucleus of society’s brain. By flexibility I mean, we would all be bending our values, chopping them up to pieces and reorganizing them to suit our own individual needs. There would be more room for ego, and less room for thoughtfulness.

Society needs order. Humans just as animals possess a conscious need to find, build and settle down in a safe environment, where everyone knows each other’s territory and boundaries. Without realizing the need for structure and its advantages, we would be living in a barbaric society and women would still be victims of everyone’s faults.

People also like specifics. When something is clearly specified, it is easier followed. So yes, we might have many laws in Canada, and many more to come. But this only means that we are taking care of inconveniences that are quickly arising, and keeping up with Hectic Canadian Times!

Expressionology? O........

Okay, I will have to admit that that "O" is just a sound effect, an extra letter I used to decorate this creature of mine, this eternal never ending, but ever soo confusing and mesmerizing divinity I called EXPRESSIONOLOGY.

Hobo’s Definition:

Expressionology- the study of the imagination, the immeasurable potential living things posses to think, remember, and bring to life what they have dreamed of creating; the capability to vividly transmit personal moods and ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and incredulity. The study of how unique every creature/”earthling” is and where we get our power, energy , and inspiration that drives us forward in life. We may not understand who we are or why we’re here. But the idea of studying something that can never fully be studied is exciting. This study is controversial, never ending, but always surprising, and ever mesmerizing!
Throughout my HOBO’S blog Expressionolgy will always be present. Watching and helping me get you through my blog 