{"id":47545,"date":"2019-03-09T05:12:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T10:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=47545"},"modified":"2019-03-09T05:12:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T10:12:33","slug":"whos-the-witch-this-is-how-we-learn-to-divide-a-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/whos-the-witch-this-is-how-we-learn-to-divide-a-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s the witch? This is how we learn to divide a community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my friends told me about a powerful lesson in her daughter\u2019s high school class this winter. They\u2019re learning about the <strong>Salem Witch Trials<\/strong>, and their teacher told them they were going to play a game. \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>I\u2019m going to come around and whisper to each of you whether you\u2019re a witch or a normal person. Your goal is to build the largest group possible that does NOT have a witch in it. At the end, any group found to include a witch gets a failing grade.<\/em><\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The teens dove into grilling each other. One fairly large group formed, but most of the students broke into small, exclusive groups, turning away anyone they thought gave off even a hint of guilt.\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>\u201cOkay,<\/em>\u201d<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> the teacher said.<\/span> \u201c<em>You\u2019ve got your groups. Time to find out which ones fail. All witches, please raise your hands.<\/em><\/span>\u201d\u00a0No one raised a hand.<\/p>\n<p>The kids were confused and told him he\u2019d messed up the game. <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>\u201cDid I? Was anyone in Salem an actual witch? Or did everyone just believe what they\u2019d been told<\/em><\/span>?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that is how you teach kids how easy it is to divide a community.\u00a0\u00a0Keep being welcoming, beautiful people. 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