Britain’s young people have been betrayed by lies and hypocrisy, and are struggling to make sense of the events of 2016, Sue Williamson, chief executive of the Schools, Students and Teachers Network (SSAT), has said.
Addressing delegates at the organisation’s national conference in Birmingham in December, Ms Williamson said 2016 had been “a very difficult year in many ways, and many young people feel betrayed by the older generation”.
She said one of the joys of teaching young people was to guide them in debate and helping them to “coax out the key points of an argument – to understand the points for and against – and to reach a well-argued conclusion that is supported by facts”.
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