"For us, (Legos) became inherently problematic because of sort of the unexamined issues of power and authority," Pelo said. "It felt to us that it was this opportunity to explore this bigger issue – how we're going to all live in a community. … It was about how can we make our community more fair about Legos."As you can see,socialism has always been a movement about stealing property one lego at a time.
The approximately 25 kindergarten through fourth-grade students in the after-school program came up with guidelines for how Legos could be part of activities without invoking the social class structures Pelo and her colleagues observed.
Playing with Legos is now governed by three rules: All structures are owned by everyone; structures should adhere to size requirements so as to not create inequity; and the plastic Lego people can only be used by a group of people, not by individuals.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Socialist Teacher Bans "Private" Legos to Teach Hatred of Property Rights
The Spokesman Review reports on Comrade Ann Pelo: