Why has the polarization of political thought in the USA risen so noticeably in the past 10 years and given forth to such widespread distrust among American people? How can the education system in America, which is a big part of the truthful and factual knowledge base people have, better work at encouraging unity and collaboration in the national education system to bridge the divide in the years to come?
“A beautiful question is an ambitious yet actionable question that can begin to shift the way we perceive or think about something—and that might serve as a catalyst to bring about change”, Berger in a More Beautiful Question.
Under Berger’s framework, my question addresses a pressing issue of our time that is ambitious as it is difficult to reconcile people of opposing Political affiliations. It is actionable because it looks at what can be done through the education system. Aims to shift the way we’d address this issue by changing things in the long run. I focused my thinking through the lens of the Business Management Presentation, given by an LDR professor, which raised the notion of Adaptive leadership and thinking about why a system is working. Although politics in the USA is effectively creating disunity and isolation of some people from the rhetoric, it is also allowing for unity among smaller groups which grants people feelings of belonging and security. Times are changing and there is a desire to push for change that sometimes can be perplexing and frightening for some people. What if these fears could be combatted right from the beginning of an individual’s life? What if unifying activities could be encouraged nationally through school programmes in the USA? There is hope and there are ways of creating solutions to difficult issues if we are willing to act in the greater good of all people as was brought up in the Philosophy Presentation.
