There are those that tell me that it is too much to put on the backs of children, but they are mistaken. Children understand global issues, sometimes even more then the more minute ones. To be educated in the solution is to give hope and lighten the burden. Teaching these things lightens the burdens of children who believe that the way things are is the way they have always been and always will be. The burdens are hopelessness and acceptance of oppression.
Freedom comes from knowing otherwise and acting on that knowledge.
To be purposeful is to understand the reason for your actions, philosophy and process. In order to be purposeful, the teacher must also be a learner and a reflective practitioner. There are as many reasons to teach as there are teachers. However, there are reasons that are invalid like pity or a missionary mentality. These attitudes must be overcome to be effective in the city.