I do not know anything about the learning system you are referring to. I do not know if it has been tested and shown to yeild good results. Again, were are talking about socionics, it would be helpful for me if we could stick to socionics rather than other systems.Originally Posted by Nicky
I do not know where or why this was encouraged. I do not think that because one method has been shown to be of benefit that we can conclude that it is alright to then apply a different and seperate method.If one kind of typing is encouraged in a school, then I don't see why another type of typing would be discouraged.
I am not sure about why you keep pressing on the word danger. I am more concerned about benefit and effectiveness.One is not more or less dangerous than another.
I did not say it did not matter. I think it does matter. What I said was that because teachers have done so in the past does not mean it is desirable.You say the fact that teachers have done this in the past doesn't matter.
I wonder why you feel the need to type people? Again, because everyone is doing it does not make it o.k.I think it does because not only has it happened, it is happening every day. And not just in schools but everywhere. We all type in some way or another and sometimes we are all wrong.
I am often suspicious of things everyone is doing. The "everyone" is doing it argument holds no weight with me at all.
That is your preference. Other people want to know that teachers are not using some untested method on their children that they do not approve of.Also, I don't want my daughter's teachers to teach in the most safe way possible.
This is why I think Maize need to tell the parents and the school administrators if she is going to continue to expiriment with how well socionics work on the children so they can make a choice for themselves about whether this is o.k with them.
I want teachers to be creative too and this is exactly why I do not want them to almost lazily apply labels to the children instead of really getting to know and understand them as individuals. I think teachers can be both creative and be concerned with effectiveness.I want them to be creative and to be allowed to think and try to reach students however they can.
I would prefer it if teachers of young children do not carry out their own personal expiriments on them using a controversial theory like socionics. Why can't we just wait until more is known about socionics and the functions?What kind of education would kids get from teachers who never did anything that could have any possible negative effect at all, not matter how small the chance of something bad happening.
It will change "diddly" if you are applying a programme to a child that you think is ESFp when the child is some other type that needs a different kind of treatment. This is of course assuming that children can be typed.Oh, one thing was that I think you see socionics as being much more powerful than I see it. I don't think believing someone is one type or another is going to change diddly.
If you thought that labelling children using socionics has so little power then why use it in the classroom then and waste the children precious time and the school's resources in the process? How can you expect benefits from something that is powerless?
I think labels are very powerful especially when applied to young children. I wish you would say why exactly you disagree with this point in particular.