Part 1: โSnapshots from Schoolโ http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-12/12peters.cfm
Chikamu Chechipiri: "Kubvisa Mwanasikana Wangu Kuchikoro" http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2-2007/02peters.cfm
Apo Zoe akarega chikoro mugiredhi rechipfumbamwe, chimwe chezvinhu zvinosuruvarisa zvikuru kwandiri chakanga chiri chemhinduro yavana vaakasiya. Vamwe vaifunga kuti aiva nepamuviri kana kuti ari murehab. Mumwe akamutsamwira nokuda kwokuโrasa upenyu hwake.โ Asi kazhinji, chisarudzo chake chakasangana nekunyarara kusinganzwi.
Pavakangotadza kuisa zviito zvake muzvikamu zvinozivikanwa (pamuviri, matambudziko ezvinodhaka, kurovha), zviito zvake zvakabva zvanyanya kuoma kunzwisisa. Ivo vakapindura sezvaizoita upi noupi wedu kudai taiva, ngatitii, rutivi rwevateereri vaitaura Chirungu uye mumwe munhu akasimuka kuti ape hurukuro muchiChina. Hatingazvinetse kuteerera. Chii chaizova chinangwa?
Zvainzwisa tsitsi nekuti vashoma vevadzidzi vanoratidzika kunge vari kuwana zvishoma zvezvidikanwi zvavo zvakasangana muchikoro, asi pavakatarisana neimwe nzira, vakagadzirisa. Zvinonzwisisika, ndinofungidzira. Zvingave senge ndiri kuedza kuridza hurukuro muchiChinese. Pandakabvunza shamwari dzaZoe zvadzaifunga nezvechikoro, vakawanda vavo vakangopindura kuti, โTazvijaira.โ Ndiyo mhinduro yakajairika kune masangano akanyanya kusashanda. Vanoita sevasingafambi, saka wadii kuzvikuvadza zvakanyanya nekurovera pavari? Zviri nani kujaira. Zvinoita sezvisingadzivisiki, saka sei uchiteerera kune vanhu vanochera bushwhack nzira yekubuda nayo? Zviri nani kuzvinyora.
Kuti uwane zvimwe pamusoro pezvandinofunga kuti hazvina kunaka โkujairaโ chikoro, ona Zvikamu 1 ne2 zvenyaya dzino. Ichi chikamu, Chikamu 3, chinofuratira chikoro uye chinotarisa kusaenda kuchikoro.
Chekutanga, ngatijekese kuti nekusaenda kuchikoro, tine shanduko chaiyo yeparadigm. Hatisi chete kutaura mutauro wakasiyana mumhuri iyi, asi pamwe masaini emaoko haataridzike akajairwa. Zoe haasi kuita chero chikoro chechinyakare chemhando ipi zvayo. Achangopedza chikoro, akasaina kirasi yechiSpanish munharaunda uye kirasi yevhidhiyo yakapiwa neshamwari yeshamwari yake, uye akafunga nezvokuva nomurairidzi wemasvomhu, asi akarega kubva pavaviri vokutanga ndokuguma aramba wokupedzisira. Ndakaora mwoyo pakutanga. Zviri nyore kutsanangura zvinhu kuhama kana uchinge wanongedza zvinhu zvawajaira semakirasi. "Kutora makirasi" kupfupika kwe "kudzidza," shure kwezvose. Kwakanga kwakaoma zvakakwana kutsanangura chikonzero nei takarega wokukura wedu ane makore 15 okukura achisiya chikoro, uye zvino ndaifanira kubvuma kuti akanga asina kukwanisa kuomerera kunyange neโbasa rechikoroโ duku zvikurusa.
Nei akanga asina? Ndinofunga kuti mhinduro yake yaizova yokuti muenzaniso wacho wakanga usingashandi kwaari. Akanga asingadi kuziva Spanish zvakashata zvakakwana kuti agare nekirasi pairi. Nokuda kwekirasi yevhidhiyo, aida kukwanisa kuyengerera ndokupupurira nokudzidza kupfurikidza nokutarira, asi akanga asingadi kubudisa chinhu chipi nechipi. โKudzvinyirira kwakanyanya,โ akadaro. Madzitateguru angu anoshanda nesimba, maPuritan anotendeuka mumakuva avo nemashoko aya. Asi, hongu, ndiwo mawonero aanozviita, saka ndozvazvinoita โ zvirinani kwaari. Ngatitarisei zvishoma nokungwarira, tichichengeta mupfungwa miganhu yezvidzidzo zvinogona kudzidzwa kubva pane chimwe chiitiko, asi tichiva takazaruka kune izvo zvidzidzo zvakadaro.
โNhai, vadzidzisi! Siya vana ivavo!โ โ Pink Floyd
Zoe haanawo kudzidza kuverenga achimanikidzwa. Aida nyaya uye aisava nenzvimbo yekududzira zvinyorwa. Aiva nevabereki vaimuverengera kakawanda, saka, mumurangariro wake, chii chaizova betsero yokupfuura nomuโvaravi vapakuvambaโ ivavo vanotyisa? Manzwiro edu aive ekuti aizoverenga pakupedzisira, asi pamwe kwete patimetable yechikoro, saka takamubvisa mugiredhi rekutanga. Ainzvenga kunyorwa mazita. Taidzivisa purogiramu dzebasa rechikoro rechikoro dzakashata uye kurwira masimba. Akanyura nyaya. Takataura kuvimbana kukuru mumano ake. Akadzidza kuti ndiye aigona kutungamirira pakudzidza kwake. Mukati mechirimo chisati chave giredhi rechina, akasarudza kuti aida kudzidza kurava, uye ndokuita saizvozvo. Akakumbira shamwari yechikuru yaimukwidza mumugwagwa kuti imudzidzise, โโuye mumwedzi mishomanana akanga ava kuverenga mabhuku enganonyorwa dzakaoma kunzwisisa. Akatanga kuverenga apo pfungwa dzake dzakanga dzagadzirira uye paaizokwanisa kuverenga pamwero waaida. Pfungwa yekupedzisira iyi inokosha. Kuverenga kwaisava nefariro diki panguva yaaisagona kuiita zvishoma uye pamwero wakaoma kunzwisisa.
Pane imwe nguva mukati merusando rwokudzidzisa, iyi shamwari yomumugwagwa yakauya kuzotaura neni. Ainetseka kuti Zoe anogona kunge aine imwe mhando ye dyslexia. Isu takanga tazvibvunzawo saizvozvo. Tingaite sei zvakare pfungwa yekuti ari kunze kwazvo izvo zvakaonekwa nenyanzvi maererano nekuverenga? Takambomira kumuendesa kunoongororwa. โNgatizvipei nguva yakati wandei,โ takadaro. Mushure memavhiki matanhatu ekudzidzisa kushoma, Zoe aiverenga zvakanaka, uye haasati ambogara asina bhuku kubva (kunze kwekunge achiri kuchikoro, ndinofanira kuwedzera, izvo akasarudza kuedza kutanga negiredhi rechisere. Sei chikoro chaiita sechaimuderedza Kufarira kuverenga? simba rekuteerera zvakakwana kuverenga bhuku.)
Pane imwe nguva shamwari yakabvunza Zoe kuti akazodzidza sei kuverenga. Mhinduro yake yaiva yokuti, โVabereki vangu vakamirira kusvikira ndagadzirira.โ Cherechedza kuti pakanga pasina nzira chaiyo yakatanga kuverenga kwake; panzvimbo pezvo, pakanga pasina dzvinyiriro. Apa ndipo paunofanira kutora kusvetuka kwekutenda muparadigm itsva kana kubvuma kunyudzwa kweChinese. Isu tinofunga kazhinji maererano nezvatinoita * kuvana - chirongwa cheifoniki, bvunzo dzipi, basa rei rechikoro, matoyi api, zvirongwa zvipi zvekuchikoro, rumbidzo ipi, chirango chipi, kurapwa kupi kwekusagadzikana kwekusagadzikana - uye pamwe hazvina kukwana. pamusoro pekuti tinofanira *kuzvirega zvive zvakadii.
Handirevi kuti ngavave mune zvekutengeserana-tsika, zvechikoro, kushaya-ye-nharaunda nzira iyo vazhinji vevana vedu vanoitiswa nayo. Handirevi kuti ngavadaro kuti ruzha rwemakambani nevadzidzisi uye kusurukirwa zvizadze hupenyu hwavo. Ndinoreva kuvapo kwavari, asi kwete kuraira kudaro. Ndinoreva kuita sarudzo dzine musoro dziwanikwe, kwete kudzika pamusoro peruzha pamusoro pemiromo glosses nemitambo yemavhidhiyo. Ndinoreva kubvumira kudzidza nekuongorora kuti zviitike nenzira dzakawanda, kwete neimwe nzira yeyunifomu inosarudzwa nevakuru vakuru vanofambiswa ne (dys) basa remasangano makuru kupfuura zvavanoda nezvinodiwa nevana chaivo vane matsime makuru ekuda kuziva. uye simba.
"Ndiri kuedza kuona kuti dzidzo chii."
Iyi yaive mhinduro yaZoe kushamwari yake yaimupomera kutambisa nguva asina chaakaita. โNdiri kuwana dzidzo,โ akadaro. Pamusoro Zoe anoita seanoramba kumanikidzwa, asi mukuchinja kweparadigm yekusaenda kuchikoro, anotora basa rakawanda. Haana vadzidzisi kana hurongwa hwechikoro hunomuudza zvekuita. Haasi kudzidzira bvunzo kana kuverenga pakadhi reripoti kuti azive kuti ari kuita sei. Aive asingafarire kushushikana kwekuziva nemusoro zviito zvechiSpanish, uye aive nenyaya yakashata yekushushikana kwekuita mukirasi yevhidhiyo, asi nenzira isinganzwisisike, afunga kutsungirira zvakanyanya kupfuura zvinofanirwa kutakura vana vazhinji. Kureva, akatora mutoro wedzidzo yake.
Dzimwe nguva, ndinoshamisika kana zvakanyanya kumunhu ane makore gumi nemashanu. Zvimwe tinofanira kuderedza kushushikana ikoko nokuโmuudzaโ zvokuita uye โkumuita kutiโ azviite. Ndinofunga taigona, asi isu tinoziva kubva pane zvakaitika kuti izvo zvinoshanda zvisina kunaka. Takadzidza kubva kwaari kuti anokunda sei kana agadzirira. Tinokudza hukama hwedu naye zvakakwana kuti tisamanikidza kuda kwedu. Sevabereki vake, hatina zvakawanda zvatinoda kunze kwokuti anobatsira kugadzira ndiro, kuwana mari yezvinhu zvaanoda kuita, uye kudzidzira kuva nemwero (pamwe chete nokuva akachengeteka uye ane mutoro) mukuongorora kwake nyika. . Kupfuura izvozvo tinopa chimiro chehupenyu hwedu, nharaunda dzatakagadzira munharaunda uye mubasa redu rezvematongerwo enyika, uye kuvimba kwedu naye.
Pamwe pakupedzisira, izvo zvinopihwa zvine tarisiro huru dzakaiswa mazviri kupfuura chero kurudziro yekupinda mugwaro rekuremekedza. Zvinosanganisira tarisiro huru kana kutenda kwakakosha kuti inhengo yenharaunda, kuti pfungwa dzake dzine basa, uye kuti kutora chikamu kwake kunoita mutsauko. Murongi pa grassroots community arts centre apo Zoe vanozvipira anoshamisika kuti akafamba sei Zoe asati atanga kumubatsira. Basa raZoe paSpontaneous Celebrations rakamubatanidza neBean Town Society, sangano rinotungamirirwa nevechidiki vemunharaunda. Akabatsira kuronga mitambo, mapepa akanyorwa, data rekuisa, akasimudzira zviitiko, uye akasvika pakuziva huwandu hwevanhu vanoshanda pane dzakasiyana hurongwa. Ndinofanira kuwedzera kukosha kwe "dzidzo" yekuedza kwake kwekuzvipira? Handifungi. Paunorasa seti yezviyero, hautaure kwavari mukuyedza kuona kuti uri kuita sei. Izvi hazvirevi hazvo kuti ndine dambudziko nenyanzvi dzechivanhu. Asi zvizhinji zvezvinhu zvakakosha zvaunodzidza muchikoro, waigona kudzidza muchidimbu chenguva dai zvisina kurasika zvakanyanya muzvinhu zvinotindidza pfungwa zvechikoro uye nedzvinyiriro dzetsika dzesangano.
โHandizivi kuti chii chiri kunetsa pandiri. Ndinoda kurara chete."
Kusavapo kwekumanikidzwa kwekunze hakufananidzi kusavapo kwekunetseka. Iwe haushande neboka repasi uye dzivirira kushungurudzika. Zvematongerwo enyika zverusarura muBoston hazvina kumbobvira zvave nyore, uye Zoe ari mukati mazvo. Chinyorwa chaakanyora sechikamu chechikumbiro chekushanda nevechidiki vachiita basa rekuchinja magariro uye kudzidza muchirimo chaive nezvechishuwo chake chekuongorora zvinoreva rudzi. โNei ruvara rweganda ruchikosha kudaro,โ akanyora kudaro. "Uye ndingaite sei kuti ndigadzirise izvozvo?"
Anga achibatsira kuunganidza musangano unotevera wekurwisa hondo, uye ashandura peji rake reMySpace kuita tsinhiro paBush. Anonetsekana zvakanyanya nehasha dzakabatanidzwa asi dzakati dzikamei. Muna Zvita akaenda kuzororo remaBhudha, uye akadzoka achikatyamadzwa nekusangana nemamongi eVietnam - "vane kodzero yekutsamwa kupfuura chero ani zvake," nefungidziro yake - uye zvakadaro vanogona kunzwira tsitsi.
โHazvishamisi kuti wakaneta,โ ndinoda kumuudza. โChokutanga, uchiri kuyaruka zvakanaka, uye vachiri kuyaruka vanoda kurara zvakanyanya. Uye chimwe chinhu, tarisa zvauri kutarisana nazvo. " Rusaruraganda, rukudzo rwevachena, hutsinye hwemitemo yenyika yedu. Ehe, zvinhu izvi zvinogona kunge zviri kumunetesa. Tisingatauri nezve plethora yehumwe hupenyu hunochinja hwaanofanira kutaurirana, kusanganisira kuva munhu mukuru, kuita uye kuchengeta shamwari, kukudziridza zvepabonde, uye kutora mutoro unowedzera kune nyika yakamupoteredza. Aya matambudziko anoita kuti asasiyane nevamwe vese vachiri kuyaruka muBoston; chete, kusiyana navo, haafanire kunge ari kuchikoro na7:20 am. Anowedzera kurara.
โNdezvekuedza kufara.โ
Iyi ndiyo mhinduro yaZoe pandakamubvunza kuti kusaenda kuchikoro kunorevei kwaari. Akatsvaga mufaro mukubatana nenharaunda yake, kunetsekana nenyaya dzakaoma, pamwe nezvimwe zvinhu zvandisina kunyanya kutaura nezvazvo pano - kugara kusvika maawa ese achiverenga, kuteerera mimhanzi, kupedza maawa ari pakombiyuta, kutora mifananidzo, kuzvidzidzisa. photoshop, kuona mabhaisikopo nehanzvadzi yake, kutandara neshamwari, kuedza nemhando dzose dzezvinhu zvaangave achida kuti ndisapinda mazviri. Isu zvirokwazvo hatina kusavapo kwehasha mumba medu. Asi tine zvinopfuura mugove wedu wakafanira weropafadzo. Baba vaZoe neni tinonakidzwa nebasa rinonakidza, rinopa simba rinosvika pakubhadhara mabhiri, uye takave nemakumi maviri emakore munharaunda ino - kusimudzira hukama, kuita basa rezvematongerwo enyika, kubatsira kugadzira (nedzimwe nzira) chivako chinogona kushandiswa naZoe ku "scaffold" pachake kusvika akura.
Uye ndizvo zvandinoshuva kuti vana uye mhuri dzakawanda dzive nesarudzo pamusoro pazvo. Pese pandinoverenga chimwe chinyorwa chine chekuita nekuvandudzwa kwedzidzo, ndinokunda pakudanwa kwemazuva echikoro akawedzerwa, makore echikoro akareba, basa remumba rakawanda, kuwedzera kusimudzira kubva kuchikoro, dzimwe nzira dzekuti vakuru vaudze vana zvekuita, kuvasora pavanenge vachiita. izvozvo, uye wozovaisa pairi. Semubereki, ndichakuudza zvandinoda: shanduko yemitemo inoita kuti vanhu vakuru vese vave chikamu chekuvaka nharaunda, kuti pave nevakawanda "vavakidzani mumugwagwa" vanogona kupinda muzvidzidzo zvekudzidzisa, uye. kuitira kuti pave nemikana yekudzidzisa ine musoro kune vechidiki. Zvikoro zvakanaka zvingabatsirawo. Kudzidza mukirasi kunoshanda kune vamwe vanhu, uye vanofanira kuwana mazviri kana vachizvida.
Rubatsiro rwekusiya chikoro, tinogona kuwana, ndechekuti vana vanozviwana vachinzwa kufara. Vanoziva kuti vanogona kutsvaga mufaro, izvo zvisiri zvechokwadi kuvana vari kuchikoro, vazhinji vacho vakatogona *kushivirira* kwehupenyu hwavo hwemazuva ese. Dzimwe shanduko dzechokwadi dzinogona kuitika zvakare. Vana vanozotarisa mukati kuti vawane gwara uye kuti vaone chinovafambisa, uye ivo vanozoumbwa, zvakare, nenharaunda ine hanya navo uye inovimba navo pane vane masimba vanovatyisidzira nechirango kana kuvanyengedza nerumbidzo. Kutora kwavo (kusina-kunyimwa-kurara) kutora chikamu, kupihwa pachena, hakuzongove mukana wekukura wega, ndiri kufungidzira, asi pachave nemabhenefiti kune isu tese, apo isu tichanakidzwa nekuzvimiririra kuvapo kwevose vanoda. , vanoda kuziva, vane simba, vana vanogadzira vakavharirwa kuchikoro.
Kutenda Zoe, akaramba mukana wekunyora chidimbu ichi, asi akachiverenga nerupo ndokupa mhinduro dzake. Ndinotenda zvakare kuna Mary Goodson nemhinduro dzake. Kuti uwane rumwe ruzivo nezvevachiri kuyaruka vasati vaenda kuchikoro, tanga nekuverenga โThe Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Drop out of School and Get A Real Educationโ naGrace Llewlyn.