The Black Night of Mexico
Elena Poniatowska
La Jornada, 1st November, 2014
When I came to the Museum of Memory and Tolerance … [Plaza Juárez, Mexico City], I read a sign printed in black letters on a wall:
“I do not fear repression, I fear the silence of my people.”
The words immediately sent me to the 43 Normal School students and made me think about,
What is it to being a teacher? Is it just about teaching reading and writing?
In Mexico, the Normal Schools [teachers colleges] provide teachers for the most remote and difficult places in the country, where politicians show up only at election time. For a child, an adolescent, to be part of a school is to make friendships and develop a sense of belonging. We all seek to belong to a community. We all seek the benefit of a friend. Companionship…
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