We must engage children in the discussions we ourselves are having, let them share their fears and be unafraid to tell them that wrong is wrong "Miss, Trump's a racist though!" One year 9 (13-year-old) student exclaimed as I began my last lesson on the day we woke up to the news that Donald Trump had won the US election. Something momentous - awful, even - had happened, and as a teacher I owed it to my students to reflect, in part, on a topic that was dominating playground discussions.
How to tell the children about Trump? After all, they deserve the truth | Lola Okolosie
The Guardian - 10 Nov 2016 17:42
We must engage children in the discussions we ourselves are having, let them share their fears and be unafraid to tell them that wrong is wrong "Miss, Trump's a racist though!" One year 9 (13-year-old) student exclaimed as I began my last lesson on the day we woke up to the news that Donald Trump had won the US election. Something momentous - awful, even - had happened, and as a teacher I owed it to my students to reflect, in part, on a topic that was dominating playground discussions.
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