Enemies - We’ve Been Talking [Live @ The Dome, Islington 2011.03.12] (by POOPINGASUSUAL)
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So I was browsing Wikipedia and stumbled upon Socialist Sunday schools.
” Socialist Sunday Schools were set up as an alternative to Christian Sunday Schools in the United Kingdom. They arose in response to a feeling as to the inadequacy of the orthodox Sunday Schools as a training ground for the children of socialists and of the need for some organised and systematic method of presenting the socialist point of view and of teaching the ideals and principles of socialism to the children, youths and maidens in the country.”
- They had essentially a socialist version everything you’d find in an average Sunday school, including a socialist version of the ten commandments, and they go as follows:
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1. Always love your schoolmates
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Make happy those in sorrow
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The children of today will be
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The citizens of tomorrow.
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2. To parents and to teachers
- Be grateful and be kind
- For we should all love learning
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(Which nourished the mind)
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3. Let every day be holy
- By doing some good deed;
- To all do kindly actions
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Whatever be their creed.
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4. Be just and fair to all men,
- Bow down or worship none.
- Judge man by what he tried to do,
- Or has already done.
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5. Hate not, and speak no evil,
- Stand up for what is right,
- And do not be revengeful,
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But ‘gainst oppression fight.
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6. Try not to be a coward,
- But always help the weak,
- Whatever path of life you’re in.
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For love and justice seek.
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7. All good things gathered from the earth,
- By toil of hand and brain,
- Instead of going to the few,
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The workers should retain.
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8. Speak (the) truth at all times,
- And try not to deceive,
- And what opposes reason
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We ought not to believe.
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9. Love all the races of mankind,
- Abolish war and strife;
- That we may reach the higher plains
- Of our intended life.
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10. Look forward to the day when men
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And women will be free;
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As brothers and as sisters live
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In peace and unity.
- Quite frankly, the idea’s brilliant.
- And it seems like the kind of thing that makes the world awesome.
I’ve recently stumbled over two excellent examples for designing for kids, and they’re both amazing.
Timbuktu is a iPad based magazine specifically designed for children. The magazine combines news and a bold,iconic graphic design style to educatate kids.I’m in love with the design style;with the color choices and the way everything’s put together,there’s a clear-cut, distinctive feel to it,without feeling stark,and all the little cartoon characters are lovable.
The other one is Anorak.Named after the British slang word for a person with very strong interests(which is somehow related with a jacket, also called an anorak?)the magazine is decidedly aimed at children in the five to nine age range, In each issue they have original stories written and illustrated by contemporary authors, fashion and style for kids, and new children’s products. Seriously, it’s a lot better looking than the usual Higlights magazine fare I grew up with.And lest I forget, you can also pick a up a copy of Timbuktu (for free, no less) at their website.
