A Love Letter to America by Annika Hernroth-Rothstein

A Love Letter to America by Annika Hernroth-Rothstein

I know what happens when government trumps the individual, I know what it means when you apologize for the values that built your land, and I have seen the horrific results of a nation equating exceptionalism with brutality and deeming values moronic and obsolete. And I know one thing especially well: If you grow up in a country that doesn’t ask anything of you, you end up living an entire life without asking anything of yourself — expecting nothing, excelling at nothing, with no repercussions for failure and no incentive for growth. And it kills your very soul.

If we don't teach our students love of country and the duty they owe it, we will kill the soul of our country as well as the soul of our kids.