Editor:
I completely disagree with your statement about teachers “indoctrinating” kids to learn about climate change. If they don’t teach us, and we don’t learn about it, how are we supposed confine the problem? Don’t keep us in the shadows because of our age. Being young, we have fresher ideas and more time to do something, if we’ve had time to consider the problem.
The fact is, climate change is now a colossal part of our lives. I’ve learned: Canada is warming twice as fast as other countries, 90 per cent of why our oceans are warming and rising is because of human consumption of fossil fuels. We need to change that!
We need to learn about climate change because it is getting serious. I want to know what to do and how I can help. If you want to live your life thinking ignorance is bliss, be my guest, but I can assure you, it will not be! Because of past generations, we are seeing increased fires, floods, drought, storms and rising sea levels. I am reminded of when my friends and I were at Hotel Lake and ash covered the water like a grey blanket. Did you know that for a day that you spend in smoky skies, it is like smoking a few packs of cigarettes?
It is a very interesting point that you made, but I disagree with it! It is strange that you’d think such a thing about our teachers, and a bit silly. Our future and our planet is on the line; if we do not do something quickly, we are just letting our mistakes define us.
Abigail Hume-Wales, Age 11, Grade 5 NEST Program, Gibsons
