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Public Schools Benefit From Cartoons

The children of our current generation, admittedly are more sophisticated than we were, we, being the baby boomer generation. We felt we were the most insightful generation ever. Of course every generation has its share of egotism. That was obviously prevalent in ours (the baby boomers)

By Rick London

The children of our current generation, admittedly are more sophisticated than we were, we, being the baby boomer generation. We felt we were the most insightful generation ever.  Of course every generation has its share of egotism.  That was obviously prevalent in ours (the baby boomers)

Education is not a rapture experience. There are no born-again graduates. It is a process. That is why it is called “the process of education.  Learning takes time and learning pragmatic skills takes even more time.

One might be surprised at the origins of education. It comes from the Greek word “educare” which means “to draw out”.  The ancient Greeks felt that the child already had the seed of knowledge in them, and a good educator simply spent time drawing that knowledge out, rather than pushing it in.  Many, but of course not all, of today’s educators are ego-driven and have forgotten the real meaning of education and use their teaching platform as a pulpit to share “their knowledge” and show it off. Of course that is a sad reality.  Many know better and actually use educare.  It’s a luck of the draw.

School children can be cynical, question authority, aware of their environment, and more often than not, are on the same stage as the teacher. They do not look at the classroom as some kind of “mystical experience” as our generation did.  Sometimes they simply view it as a part of their day, and understand they are going through a process that helps them reach adulthood. Most of us, at least in my circle, hadn’t really a clue as to why we were there.  I only knew I was there so I could finish, go to college, be an adult, and repeat my parents lives. Those were my parameters dictated to me.

Distractions, often too many, take away from the focus of learning today They, like us, have shortcuts to knowledge, same as we (adults) do, such as the Internet.  The Xerox television commercial of the teacher telling the students that getting a book published is tough because it takes money, and a student raising his hand and debating that due to the new print on demand process, exemplifies that.

Generation after generation of both kids and adults still love humor. It is one thing that has not changed much.  Many school systems and even book publishers are using educational cartoons to “lighten up the learning process” and even major textbook publishers are utilizing such cartoons in their books.  And the kids are paying attention.

Middle school and even college kids often feel alientated from their instructors.  Humor, especially educational cartoons, whether they be part of a powerpoint presentation, brochure, or textbook, is a sticky bond. It really works.

The feedback we are getting at Londons Times Cartoons is very positive from both the school system and the textbook publishers. They often purchase the rights at a very low fee to use cartoons on ever topic from biology to pet care.  They tell us it really makes a difference and I believe it.

Rick London and his illustrative team have been creating cartoons in various topics from law to science to animals to medicine for over a decade Londons Times Cartoons School System & Textbook Publishers Using Cartoons To Enhance Learning By Londons Times Cartoons

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