30 March 2006

Pupils import torture tools to highlight UK arms loopholes

Hats off to George Lear for a citizenship lesson that not only will the students not forget, but it looks like the government won't either.
"It should not be legal, and yet we've proved that children, who by law are not allowed to drink alcohol, can broker arms from countries along a trade route from Poland to China, Israel to South Africa. And many of these arms are used against - or tragically even by - children," said Maddy Fry, 16, a pupil at Lord Williams's school.

Good links at the bottom of the Guardian article, too.
I would quite like to teache citizenship, so this is doubly inspiring.
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1 comment:

Jem said...

Thanks for providing this link, deeply effective use of education and political awareness raising for both pupils and government minister!

"Spend and tax" not "tax and spend"

 I got a response from my MP which got me kind of mad. You'll see why as I reproduce it here. Apologies for the strange changes in types...