Teaching Notes The fairy stories that pervade our childhoods do leave us with a sense of
living happily ever after, but as adulthood reveals other truths "to live with the
living happily ever after" theories become lost in the midst of reality. But just
like the fairy stories say: there are winners and losers in 2001. New stories and television programmes only
perpetuate these images and ideas. Living happily ever after seems to be defined in 2001
by the type of expensive car one drives or the high income one makes or the suburb in
which one lives. These definitions of happiness seem totally distinct from the needs of
the establishing and securing a peaceful world in 2001 for our children. Unfortunately, despite the fact that some
characters were able to live happily ever after in the traditional fairy stories, others
were not, the wolf was cooked in a pot, the wicked witch thrown into the oven, and the
horrible step mother banished to a life of service. A peaceful and peace loving world
cannot occur when such consequences are sought. Only when everyone is allowed to win, when
there are no losers, can world peace be possible. The philosophy of "win win or no deal" is explored by Stephen Covey..see reference page.
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examples of children's own fairy stories |