Children - full of life. A must watch.

Today was the first day of school and as luck would have it, I happened to come across this wonderful documentary "Children Full Of Life" on education. It's from Japan -- but The Passionate Eye created an English version. It gives us a glimpse into a classroom of 10 year olds and their teacher Mr. Kanamori, a modern day Master Yoda.

If you care about eduction, I highly recommend that you watch this. It's amazing how Kanamori and his students deal with topics like bullying, grief, emotions, team work and more.

I found it on the blog presentationzen.com and says"It will touch your heart and make you think. It does not matter where you are in the world, this glimpse into a single Japanese elementary school is evocative and illuminating. It may just make you question what education is for in the first place"

I totally agree. I wish there were more teachers like Kanamori out there. He is tough, funny, caring, honest and clearly is not afraid to make a connection with students.

Once again, I recommend you take 40 minutes and watch this program today.

Here are the five parts:

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3


Part 4


Part 5