Jane Elliott Training Video Analysis

In the video, “‪Eye of the Storm Featuring Jane Elliott Training Video or DVD TrainingABC‬,” Jane Elliot explains how a blue-eyed is more superior to anyone who has brown eyes. She goes on to say that “the blue-eyed people will get 5 more minutes of recess and the brown-eyed people with have to use a cup to drink from the fountain” (TrainingABC, 2013). Even though I believe Elliot thought this would work in all generations, I don’t agree with that at all. Parents should not allow their children to go through with this because it could cause discrimination based on eye color and it can cause them hurt in the long run.

In this video, Elliot discussed how a certain eye color means that you are better than another. She is demonstrating prejudice and discrimination towards anyone who doesn’t have blue eyes. Her discrimination has caused the children to be “miserable . . . and have low-test scores” (Ciccarelli, 2015, pg. 478). This is not something that you would want your child coming home to you saying. Prejudice in the classroom can teach children to only …show more content…
I believe that this activity will just make the mindset of the child a bad situation. If I had a choice on whether I wanted my child in this, I would respectfully decline. I know that I am a good person, but in this society children are growing up with different kinds of thinking. You would never know if it would lead them on a good path, like Elliot’s class, or a bad path. I just feel like it would corrupt the child’s brain if your parents teach you to befriend everyone but your teacher teaches you to only befriend people who have a certain characteristic as you. I absolutely feel like parents should have the option to prevent their child from a project like this. Parents want what’s best for their child. Teachers are just supposed to educate, make sure that the student can comprehend everything, and passing the student to the next