With the recent events in Paris and Beirut, what is our role as an educator? What should we be focusing on: life after school or current classwork? When asked how the subject relates to a job, what is the answer? My standard answer was always if you can think, read, write, and question you will find a job. Now I am thinking what the future will entail for these students when there are groups whose sole intent is to end their futures.
Maybe I am a wee bit paranoid but it seems like the attacks in Paris and Beirut are only the beginning. This seems to be a current pattern by groups that feel they cannot get their message across. If education is about opening minds, than why hasn't it worked in other parts of the world? What is our role as an educator in a world where trying to understand others leads to violence?
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