The Holocaust: Never Again, Yet Recurring

with educational attainment. In the long term, the lack of education accessibility affects a girl’s future economically by reducing her ability to maintain stable employment with stable income. Economic independence is crucial because it allows freedom to get out of abusive domestic relationships and particularly economic violence.

Technology is another significant barrier that stuns millions of kids from getting access to education. COVID-19 caused a major shift in how the educational system functioned. According to UN reports, “Two thirds of the world’s school-age children – or 1.3 billion children aged 3 to 17 years old – do not have internet connection in their homes…Lack of connectivity doesn’t just limit children and young people’s ability to connect online. It prevents them from competing in the modern economy. It isolates them from the world. And in the event of school closures, such as those currently experienced by millions due to COVID-19, it causes them to lose out on education. Put bluntly: Lack of internet access is costing the next generation their futures.” This report encalupates the problem brought by the digital divide. Students are not getting access to educational access that prepares them for the future. Technology enables children from all over the world to engage in different forms of collaboration and communication that was previously unimaginable. Many kids have been able to explore many new pieces of technology to expand their skill set, while for others it has resulted in lost years. This digital divide has to be bridged together if change is going to occur. Education is an investment for the future generations and it has to be met in order to provide our kids with the best opportunity to succeed. The digital divide disapportionally affects developing countries. In Sub-Saharan Africa only 25% of people have access to the internet compared to 80% in Europe. These numbers are causing millions of students to go without education, thus causing a domino chain of detrimental effects. Without a proper education, boys are more likely to join terrorist organizations and women have an increased likelihood to become a part of the human smuggling ring. These are fears that children should not have to worry about. However, in today’s society the imbalance of technology has created unequal access to education which has set back kids who already have many struggles/barriers to deal with.

In conclusion, education is a human right, and it should not be denied to any child. The benefits education gives empowers and strengths kids all over the world. Many families are willing to walk thousands of miles just so their children can get access to quality education. This dedication and willingness of many families should be served as an inspiration for world leaders to take action. The inaction by mantis causing children to be set back, it is causing women to be abused, it is causing millions to go without economic independence, and it causing millions of kids to

go without freedom. Unequal access to education is hurting everyone and must be solved to save future generations who have lost significant time.

Respect For Culture By Opeyemi Omoyeni, Nigeria

Culture is a group of people’s history, language, way of life, and everything that has to do with human existence. According to Samovar and Porter (1994), Culture is the aggregate deposit of beliefs, knowledge, values, religion, experience, attitude, hierarchies, spatial relations, roles, concept of the universe, notion of time and material objects and assets acquired by a group of persons in the course of generations through individual and collective striving.

The world consists of amazingly diverse continent with thousands of languages, beliefs, religion and culture. Cultural diversity has become crucial in today’s world. It refers to the presence of diverse culture in a society where people from various communities, irrespective of their race, belief, creed, culture, live together and respect each other’s differences. Respect for culture also means respect for human beings and human life. Discriminating against people’s way of life is unkind and undermines the community or country. The uniqueness of every culture makes it fascinating and interesting and often times, culture brings people together.

Respect for culture starts from proper understanding and knowledge of the cultures which is different from ours, so as to bring about peace, love and harmony in the society. Love, trust and understanding can be built thereby eradicating all negative stereotypes and personal biases about different group of people. Reading alone cannot create the consciousness needed for respect for culture; practical program will improve and enhance collaboration that will bring about unity through diversity.

Human basic activities, work, study or even stay at home in recent times, increasing our chances of interacting with people from diverse race, culture, ethnic groups than it has been before. By respecting and accepting the diverse cultural backgrounds and beliefs, we can live as one, increase our perception and have a safe environment where we humans are not threatened because of race, culture, caste, language, creed, belief or skin color. If we put aside any biases or hate, and accept the diversity of culture, we will realize that surrounding yourself with diverse group of people can enrich life and give us the opportunity to learn about the customs, religion and geography of different countries.

Finally, respect for culture is not only essential for adults, children should also be educated about variety of cultures and learn to accept cultural diversity. This can eradicate bully among kids and show them how diverse the world is, making them open minded toward people of different cultural belief and background. In today’ s

world, if we all have respect for other cultures, value and belief, we can learn to live in unity, peace, harmony and learn a lot of good things from each other.