WHEN I NEED TO DO SOME SOUL SEARCHING I ALWAYS TURN TO"LITERARY CLASSICS TO FIND AND UNDERSTAND THE ANSWERS THAT COME FROM MY HEART ...C.SANCHEZ JR
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For Samet, teaching her students to recite a particular passage of text is not as important as teaching them critical thinking skills so they can make sound ethical decisions in pressure situations. She writes that she is opposed to our ongoing presence in Iraq and deeply troubled by the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo. She hopes her curriculum, which changes from year to year but may include Plutarch, Horace, Shakespeare and Freud, will help prevent future atrocities.
"My students are not going to be policy makers, except when they are on the ground, where they inevitably end up making decisions," she says. "I think if they have sharpened their analytical skills, if they are 'grade one thinkers,' that is the best insurance against the horrible things that have happened happening again. That is where the most pragmatic connection is between literature and war."
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