This article is written by Kareem
Fahim. “On the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo, the
teachers just stayed home. The schools had been transformed into shelters for
residents displaced by fighting, and in any case, one teacher said, there were
more “more pressing concerns” than school.” (Fahim, “Syria”). In Syria over 2,000 schools have been
damaged or destroyed in the war, and hundreds of them are being used as
shelters. A lot of the rebel fighters have taken over the other schools that
aren’t being used. “In an attempt to project calm in the
midst of relentless violence, Syria’s Education Ministry ordered schools to
open this week.” (Fahim, “Syria”). That plan did not exactly work out. The fighting
had gotten worse, daily life has not been able to function correctly since the
war has started, life has become more dangerous, and education is the farthest
thing from people’s minds. They just want to remain safe. “More than five
million Syrian students had returned so far. But certainly tens of thousands,
if not more, stayed away. Teachers and parents said that educators and students
were too scared to return, or unable to, since the schools themselves were
occupied, destroyed or inaccessible.” (Fahim, “Syria”).
This
article deals with education because since the war in Syria has started, a lot
of these students and teachers have not been able to return back to school.
This is a huge problem because everybody needs an education, and if those students
do not continue on with their education that they will not be able to get a
high paying job in the future. My question is that why can’t the other school
systems around the Syrian area take in these students that have no school to
attend? Besides it affecting just the students, it is also affecting the
teachers. They aren’t being paid to teach anymore since schools are being burned
down and being taken over. The other schools systems should take in those
teachers too.
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