“IF you believe you are a citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere.” These were the words of Theresa May, at her first party conference as Prime Minister, in 2016, as she prepared her nation to officially exit the European Union (BREXIT). However, as an educator, I beg to disagree.
Globalisation is far from being perfect. While it has raised almost every indicator of economic and human development, it had some negative side effects. Some communities were left behind and felt disenfranchised, and the hyper-connectivity of our world has made financial, health and environmental crises quicker to spread. While these things need to be addressed, they should not be used as an excuse to abandon the historic march towards getting our world and our communities more closely aligned.
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