Open Letter to the Wissinoming Dog Lovers

You would not believe the bad treatment dogs get here. Then again, you would not believe the bad treatment people get here.

We brought in a puppy from the street and the teenage daughter of a teacher fell in love and adopted her. Perfect situation? for a little while - We kept her for over a month, but some others objected, and since we all live together in the same housing....

Any dog you see in the street (there are tons of puppies and a few stray dogs) will put it's tail between its legs and whimper as soon he recognizes you as a human. Everyone, from tots to old "white beards" kicks at dogs (even from behind burkhas). Our own school employees would kick at OUR puppy in OUR yard. I did not win this battle but......

I'm teaching the kids to think. Indoctrination is what has always passed for education here. So it's cause and effect, compare and contrast, reasonable inference, logical analysis, all kinds of critical thought all day long in every subject. The kids in my sixth grade love it - challenging what the teacher says? Questioning what was written in the book? UNHEARD OF!!! If you repeat back what I teach - you fail. Questioning the status quo: just the thing the pre-teen brain was designed to do. If a generation of leaders grows up thinnking here, well, this region will never be the same. Thinking leads to feeling, and thinking and feeling together can lead to Life. But it will take time, we will have to persevere over the long haul.

Stick with me, its worth it.