Ok, today I want to talk a bit about celebrities, politics and education. And yes, they seem to have common ground these days. Us, the consumers and our, can I say need, for entertainment.
I admit, I am slightly addicted to gossip so I learned quite a while ago that there are “rumors”, which basically means evidence in the “gossip world”, Lance Armstrong might be running for Governor of Texas. You know after Conan became Governator nothing seems to be impossible. Some days ago, Brad Pitt joined the “once celebrity – now politician” club by being nominated through a grassroots movement which wants to see him to become mayor of New Orleans and of course he’s denying any interest at the moment.
Even if we take a closer look on world leaders these days, they all have set a strong focus on entertainment. No one is as good as Obama, using the Web and pictures to make his points. Then we have Putin, half naked in Siberia showing the world what a man he is. Sarkozy, public divorce after turning president, then marrying Carla Bruni and flirting all day long. Hugo Chavez even has his own TV show “Hola Presidente”. And the list goes on and on.
Basically, it seems to come down to one thing. People want to be entertained these days. I guess like in the Roman Empire. We want to see change, power or gossip. It’s a social trend.
But I don’t want to say that those politicians don’t know what they are doing. I just think the major factor for their success today is: entertainment. If you are not in the spot light, people don’t see you.
Now back to us teachers. Koichi wrote an interesting article on eduPirate: Why teaching needs to be a form of entertainment.
What do you think?
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