(April 21, 2014 at 4:39 am)ElDinero Wrote: When you walk down the street, do you pass people who are trying to talk to you about various causes? Trying to get you to donate to charity, or listen to something they're saying about a particular cause or issue? I'm assuming you have experienced this, and I'm assuming (happy to be corrected) that you don't stop and talk to every single one. To those people, the issue they're trying to talk to you about is the most important thing in the world to them.
The point I'm making is that what is important to you is not necessarily the same thing that is important to them. I broadly agree that it is a shame that people don't care at all about some of these issues and I sometimes feel a similar way, but it's just something you have to come to terms with.
For some (probably not all), it could even just be a timing thing. People might be engrossed in sport or entertainment because it's an escape from the more serious issues in the world, and so they may even be interested in your chosen topic(s), just not at the time you want to discuss them.
I don't really know what to recommend - colleges are full of societies, so I'm sure you shouldn't struggle to find people to discuss these things with. Then you've still got your friends to discuss more light hearted matters with.
I completely agree with everything you said. But, I do feel as though if the education system did it's job this wouldn't be an issue. As Leo Buscaglia once said "We teach kids math, science, english and history but we don't teach them how to be human" Of course 'being human' is very broad term, but somewhere in it there is concern for human related issues.
We now come to question of how can we develop a curriculum which inspires future generations to be unconditionally connected, and, more understanding of one another and the world. I believe every human has room for inspiration but not every teacher cares to fill it.
PM me if you know where this is from "...knees in the breeze" and don't look it up!!
