January 28, 2015
Remembrance of Auschwitz
Today marks 70 years since the Soviets liberated the concentration camps in Auschwitz. In my early years of teaching, I taught the Holocaust through the non-fiction novel 'Night' by Elie Wiesel to my Sophomores. I always wanted my students to learn that in the face of evil, the value of life and the disgrace of indifference teeter very precariously like a seesaw in human beings. Nothing excuses the act of cruelty. In learning its history, it might help us to never again repeat it, and to make sure indifference at its smallest level, in everyday life, never has a chance to flourish in our minds and towards another. Hope we continue to learn and teach The Holocaust.
Returning to Creative Writing - Day 1
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