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Dear America 2050, I Hope This Letter Finds You Well. I Fear it Will Not.
My students and I have been working on a time capsule set to be opened in 2050. While my students have been focusing on how to show kids in the future what the past four years of high school have been like for them, I’ve been stuck thinking about what life will be like when it’s dug up in 25 years. This mental exercise has sent shivers down my spine given the fast-moving regression of our country. The following letter to the future lays out my concerns and hopes for the country in the years to come and questions how the present will be taught in the future.
Dear 2050 America,
I hope this letter finds you well, but at the time of its writing, I sincerely worry it will not. The clouds of fascism and oligarchy are fully overhead. The drizzle of their toxic precipitation, which we have long been feeling, is threatening to turn into a torrential downpour. A convicted felon, sexual assaulter, and conman has come back to power. One of his first official acts was to free 1500 rioters, some of whom violently tried to help him overthrow our democracy after his 2020 election loss.
During his inauguration celebrations, his sidekick, the world’s richest man who believes empathy is a weakness, gave Nazi salutes. Our poorly-educated and highly-propagandized-to public has empowered…
