Pupils Speak Out: Schools need to make us more aware of our privilege
By Jayna Goldstuck —
A weekly series of articles written by pupils who want to contribute to the debate about South Africa’s education system.
As a pupil at a religiously alligned, predominantly white, privileged, private school in Johannesburg, I have never been exposed to real hardship. I have lived my life in blissful ignorance of the social issues facing most South Africans – and that is exactly the problem.
Until I started high school and joined the debate club, I had no idea of the extent to which South Africa faces some of the worst social problems in the world. Our country is infamous for poverty, sexual violence and a poor education system. But because my community, my school, and my family do not have to personally experience these problems, we are not expected to know or even care about them.
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