Having gone through my formative years in the 80s and my 90s, it wasn't until my university days that I had any notion of social issues as being something that we can think about, react to, debate, or take some small action on. It may have been the location where you grew up, or the school board that was in charge of what you learned, or your cultural makeup, or a host of other variables that either gave you the space and mental provocation as a youngster to become aware of issues in the community, region or world. For me as a teen, the social issues that I found are major makeups of my identity existed under the surface of consciousness. It wasn't until I stepped onto a university campus where I realized there were others who were also having this inner discussion with themselves. The campus just provided that head space for people to really engage and own what had been bubbling under the surface of the skin for what seemed like, my entire life.As a teacher of young children and adolescents, and a teacher in an international school, in a world where globalization is no longer just some academic jargon that is thrown around my MA students, I wonder what is going on in the minds of today's children.
How do they perceive the world?
How do they perceive others?
How do they think others are perceiving them?
