'Tit for Tat' rules in web 2.0.

Since I have finished off BAPP, I have started to notice and understand better about what the course was trying to teach me.
An example would be 'Tit for Tat' rules in Module one. I did not fully understood about the rules and connection between the web 2.0. Albeit, I am starting to understand about the rule since I quit being a professional dancer, and started to teach.

It happened a few days ago. As I opened up my tablet to start checking about my 'teacher/business' account on Facebook, I have noticed there was a message from my acquaintance. It was an advertisement/merchandise of the acquaintance's performance with a message "Please promote it". It means to share it on Facebook. I pressed the button of 'Like', so a notification would come up on all of my friends page. However, I did not promote any further. There is a reason for it. The acquaintance whom asked my promotion had let me down in past about a teaching plan. As I was expecting what we planned, I was disappointed. That was the reason why I did not promote any further than pressing 'Like' button.

Another incident. As a part of what I do now for living, advertisement and to update a notification is important. So, I can remind people of what is happening. However, one day When I had up dated a post to remind about the class, a person written an advertisement message of a different class as a comment on my post. I could just simply not believe it! I found that extremely rude and I was not impressed the person's action. The person sent me a friend request after. However, I am still thinking about accepting or not.

Opposite example would be a dance shop page on the site. They liked my page. I immediately liked their page. Since then, their dance shop news pops up on my teacher page. However, I am absolutely fine with it. As they helped me out, I will help them out.

So, going through these incidence, I have slowly started to realise what the web 2.0. and Social Networking Service has done to the world. These new systems changed this big world as a Local Community. And, if people are living in a big place where they do not know each other, people do care less about the consequences of their action towards each other. However, the web 2.0. assembled us as a big group. We all need to be careful and need to think about what we write and say on SNS. 'Tit for Tat', do not forget.

What is education? What is a healthy way to guide the students?

Through my university work, I have found some contradiction in education in ballet. As ballet is one of the oldest form of dance. Therefore, it contains so many strict rules and traditions. However, as I developed my research I have noticed these strict rules and even the tradition change with time and place. And, I have even noticed a fact teeters change these rules and tradition to suits them: use it to control the students. Same as discipline. Teachers and parents use the word to control the children to suit their adult life style.

However, through the experience of inspired the young boy, I have realised there is a better way in education, better than raising the voice or forcing them to fit in the rules which has created by the adults. This education and discipline system is exactly same as how powerful people run the world. Adults, people with power make the rules to gain the benefits from weak people and try control them: kids. End of the day it is just adults’ ego against kids’ ego. Because the rules adults create and even the educational system changes with time and place. And adults is the only one who has power to mess around the system. Every people have different opinions. S,  every one try to change the rules to suits them, therefore they can gain maximum benefits from the system they create.

Once I have realised this fact, I started to wonder what education is all about? I have expressed in my essay for my degree that instead of forcing young people to learn, focus on engaging with the students and use more of Socrates method to guide them to the individual answers they are looking for.  For a while I was happy with the theory I came up with my study and research. However, one day I was watching Darren Brown’s tv program and I have realised how powerful and effective his NLP manipulation technique is to us people. I was especially surprised about how sattle his manipulation technique was. The participant had no idea what was going on. And, when I noticed the similarity in this method to Socrates method, I was shocked.  
Neuro Linguistic Programming, known as NLP. This method’s original idea developed from communication, psychology and personal development. However, it is known as a manipulating technique these days. I found NLP method similar to Socrates method. This means I use to believe education is depend on how well adults can manipulate the students to believe what teachers are saying. So, is education all about how to imprint teachers thought in to the students mind? This really does not sound right. But, then, what is education? What is teachers doing to the students? What exactly is teacher's job? Is it our job to mind control or brain wash the students to put our ideas in their head?

These new questions are my new begging and new challenge as a teacher in dance. It is difficult to teach the things which changes with time and place. So myself as a practitioner, I should never stop looking the better way of teaching and the answer to these questions.

End of my module, yet...

After my oral presentation, I have finished my BAPP course! I did my presentation towards the end of the session. And it was great to see other students' presentation. They all prepared well and as they finish their presentation one by one, I have started to realise how oral presentation should of been done; mine was not great compare to the other students' presentation.

It is always very ironic that I deepen my understanding towards my previous module when I finish them. I have learned how oral presentation needs to be done, after the presentation. It seems like exams and courses are to set to deepen my own understanding, rather than aiming for high marks, which I do not even know how to get high marks!

Anyway, the reason I am updating my blog is not for my module, as I have finished so there is no reasons for me to carry on up dating it. But, there is something I have understood about my inquiry.
I have mentioned Socrates method is a very good way to guide the students in education. And, yes, I still believe it is true. However, as I am reading lots of books(it is my most favourite thing!) I have realised something and as I reported on my inquiry the importance of output, I must express my opinion and findings. I have a strange feeling that Socrates method was created to manipulate people to believe that Socrates was right at the time. And, there is no doubt how effective Socrates method is to GUIDE people. It is every where, when parents try to stop the kids from marrying with a stranger. Wife explains how important to save the money for the future. It happens every where in sales business, also famous Darren Brown's famous manipulating skill call NLP; Neuro-Linguistic Programming. I personally think this is the modern version of Socrates method. I guess Socrates use to use his method as today's NLP.

I have created my professional artefact and also introduced Socrates method on my essay both. However, now I think about this method in education. It is a great method but end of the day, it is just a way to imprint adults' opinion and view. So, what is education? What is a most healthy non manipulating way to build one' own intelligence. Is education just a beauty of manipulation? We often encourage kids' progression as long as adults benefits from it. We also praise them as a part of growing up process. But when kids do what adults do not want them to do or when kids' action make adults' life harder, we tell them off and make sure they will not repeat it again. One of the book I am reading at the moment, it says "Sales is an art form of manipulation to satisfy the customer". So, is it same as education?

My mistake as a dancer was I have improved all of dance technique, including posture, with my habits. So, I have realised that the reason why ballet and martial arts methods have strict rules and position. They have these to erase habits. So, my aim as a teacher is do my best to vanish students' physical and mental bad habits. However, rules are created to be broken in a same time. But that is up to students when they want to or when they decide to. As a dancer, I have understood the importance of breaking the rule and satisfy the audience by entertaining them. As a dancer that was fine, but as a ballet dancer, we need to have a strong ability to go back to the shape of position and rules.