In the world in which I want to live, want my daughters to live, in the world I am trying to shape, I do not want young people being “taught” how to think solely in lines of what is or  has been. I do not want them to tow the line and/or accept what “is” as a concrete reality. I want them to know enough about the world and understand the people and other species who inhabit it, to make    informed, honest, and compassionate choices in how they live their lives and treat their fellow earthlings.