Best Of The Week: Born Into Brothels

What struck me most about this film was the attitude of the children. I had made the assumption that these kids had the idea that they will go no where in life already ingrained into their brains from what they see on a daily basis and how they are treated. I discovered that that idea was far from the truth. Each and every one of those kids saw something inside of themselves and knew they could succeed if they were given the chance to. That inspired me to see more in myself. These children that lived in the ghetto of India never stopped giving up on themselves no matter how hard life was for them.

I was very glad that the filmmakers decided to show us the red light district through the perspective of the children because it gave the viewers a completely different insight of how these families lived.

I value the attitude of the children greatly because they were always laughing, smiling and looking at life on the bright side no matter how hard it became for them. I admire people who can bring out the best in themselves and others when times get hard and after watching this film, these kids inspired me to become more like them and never give up on my dreams no matter how unattainable I may think they are.

Connection: OLPH and Creativity Crisis

Every day for 9 years, I had the same routine. Wake up, throw on the same navy, forest green and white school uniform and walk about two blocks to the jail that I called school. Everyone and everything was exactly the same at this school. We all wore the same clothes, ate the same lunches, and did the same activities. Everyone was almost the exact same; like we were clone copies of each other. This is was exactly how the administration wanted it to be. I still rememeber the countless amount of detentions I recieved during these 9 years of my life. Looking back, I realize how ridiculous these rules were. For being different by wearing jewelry, nail polish, different socks, adding color to the bland uniform or just expressing your personality through accessories you would get punished. This stunted my creative mind greatly because I was so brainwashed in this system of everything being forced down my throat the way these teachers wanted it to be. When I read the article Creativity Crisis, I instantly flashed back to my days at OLPH.
 
Our society today lacks motivation and inspiration for kids to think outside the box, or to look at something and take away a deeper meaning of that thing. We are pushed to read, study and memorize and if we do not do that than there are consequences.
 
It's the same thing, day in and day out. What if things were different here? I know in some places it is different; students learn what makes them happy or excited and those kids succeed more than the ones being forced into school.
 
In the article, teachers from schools in Asia say how they find it almost funny how here in America we are still learning based off this system, while they are trying to reform theres to what they presume ours is like. 

carry it forward: creativity crisis

I wouldn't say I'm a naturally creative person, but I do think of unique ideas and try to think outside the box. Learning the information about how the American society is losing creativity somewhat shocked me because I always thought of our country as creating new things that no one has seen before, and being somewhat of an innovator for the rest of the world. Another thing I took out of it is that you can't teach creativity, but only help kids and students tap in to their creative side and enrich them in that experience. This information will challenge me to think deeper about things in my everyday life, and also think about the future for myself and my children to hope that they will learn to do the same.