| Among all of the things that are being taught in our | | | | Many school districts have done the bare minimum to |
| public schools, one thing that should have a little more | | | | educate their students about global warming, and if you |
| time and dedication put into it is the subject of the | | | | believe your school fits into this category, then set time |
| natural causes of global warming along with the man | | | | aside to attend the next PTA meeting so you can |
| made causes. These future grown-ups will need to | | | | raise your concerns. Another route is to ask for a |
| understand just how serious this is, what impact | | | | meeting with the principal, either on your own or with a |
| humans have on it and what we can and cannot | | | | group of similarly concerned parents, so you can |
| change about the process if they are to succeed as | | | | explain your issues with the current curriculum. After all, |
| adults. The more we understand about all of the | | | | one of the lessons that schools are supposed to teach |
| causes of earth warming, the better prepared we will | | | | is to take responsibility for the results of your actions, |
| be to end it. | | | | and global warming presents an excellent example of |
| If you ask a lot of the kids out there what they know | | | | this. |
| about the cause of global warming they probably will | | | | Even after you have those meetings to discuss your |
| not be able to tell you much about it at all, if anything | | | | feelings about what should be taught if the subject of |
| really. This is a bad omen for the future, since the | | | | global warming you should not stop there. Make sure |
| children will be the ones who must understand global | | | | your children are well educated on the topic of this by |
| warming and be prepared to control and even stop it if | | | | providing lessons at home through your own words |
| at all possible, and we have not prepared them for this | | | | and actions. Only so much can be done within the |
| task. In order to better prepare our children, our parents | | | | schools so it is important to make sure that you are |
| and teachers alike must make every effort to teach | | | | addressing a lot of the major issues at home to make |
| our future leaders, scientists and citizens everything | | | | sure that everything is reinforced. It is your job as the |
| that is currently known about the causes of global | | | | parent to make sure that your children receive the |
| warming. | | | | education that they need in order to grow into strong |
| Getting Involved | | | | educated adults. |