It has become clear to me that our generation was the beneficiary of the lessons learned in WWII. We watched those concentration camp filmstrips in civics class. (Do we even teach civics anymore?) We endured many of our male teachers lecture about the dangers of fascism - because they were WWII or Korean vets. I remember them saying - you don’t think this can’t happen here? It can, unless you think for yourself, speak up and don’t just follow the herd.
These teachers hated bullies. They took the…