This was written by a teacher at Apalachee High School in Georgia named Jennifer Carter after the shooting earlier this week which left 4 dead and 9 injured.
We simply cannot accept this is a normal part of life. Something has to change.
A mark of an open mind is being more committed to your curiosity than to your convictions.
The goal of learning is not to shield old views against new facts. It's to revise old views to incorporate new facts.
Ideas are possibilities to explore, not certainties to defend.
Being afraid to give someone honest feedback doesn’t mean you lack courage. It means they haven’t created psychological safety.
Even if they haven’t silenced you in the past, they haven't given you a voice.
If they want the truth, they have to prove they can handle the truth.