Reading the article has really helped me reflect on the consumer lifestyle we have been living in. Nowadays, it is true that kids are spoiled and take things for granted. This is because we can get anything we want when we want it, and if we don't, we complain about it. Another thing I found interesting in the article was the author's mention of how a community garden can help us "relearn lost skills, unventing ancestral knowledge and technologies we are in risk of losing." As a cook myself, I can say that people are losing touch of the skill of cooking as well. There are very few people I know my age who knows how to cook, and I find that kind of sad. Cooking is an important life skill, and we cannot rely on our parents to cook for us, nor can we rely on eating out. Similarly, it is important to keep the knowledge and skills our ancesters have used, as we never know when we may need it. Lastly, I like how the author talks about the emotional boost of doing the job yourself. As a cook, I grow my own herbs, and I believe that it is the best way to do it. Produce outside is expensive and uses unhealthy preservatives to help the food last. There is no better feeling than growing and making your own food from scratch. Indeed, it does give an emotional boost and makes you feel accomplished.
I myself am not gifted in arts, including arts and craft, but I found those videos very cool. It is incredible how humans were able to come up with such cool techniques and patterns by only using nature and their surroundings. However, I am not quite sure how I would use this in a secondary mathematics class. I am going to need further explanation on how this can be tied into class and how it can tie into the curriculum.
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