So what are the kids learning in school these days? Way back when I was in school we used to have guest speakers come in all the time. War vets, doctors, police officers, truck drivers, hell you name it and we probably had someone come into our school to talk about it. I learned more from those folks than I ever did from reading a book.
We had a lady come into my American History class when we were going over WWII. She was a Jew and survived one of the Nazi concentration camps. I can't remember which one but she sat there for the entire hour telling us about growing up in Nazi Germany and going to the camp and all the things they did to her and her family. That was learning about history. It was real and in our face and made you really think.
Now we come to today, and there are soilders willing to go out and talk to the kids about what is going on in the real world, and parents are having a fit about it?? Some people go way overboard about trying to protect their kids from the harsh lessons of reality, and then they wonder why when their kids get out on their own for the first time they go nuts.
It's sad, very sad.
