5608hm+Holocaust+Essay


 * Repeating History** Imagine if you were in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Wouldn't you want kids in middle school to find out about what happened to you and others like you? Even though it could be painful to learn about it, it's still can have an even worse effect if we don't learn about it. Kids in middle school should definitely learn about the Holocaust because we have enough maturity, to learn about prejudice, and to prevent it from happening again.

One reason why middle schoolers should learn about this important event is because they are mature enough to handle it. We already have much knowledge about the world from resources like the TV and the internet. It's the reality of the past. My sister in high school said, "You can't run away from the truth, it will come back to you one way or another." We will learn about this tragic event one way or another. If we learn about it will teach us a lot of lessons about life.

Another reason why I believe the middle school kids should learn about the Holocaust because we need do learn from the prejudice that happened during that time. We need to learn to be tolerant of all kinds of races and religions. In a poem I read about crayons by Robert Fulgham he says, "they all have learned to live in the same box." When my grandma lived in Germany in the beginning of the Holocaust, she was pulled out of her class because she was Jewish. She never called her self German after the Holocaust happened, she never told me why, and died before I got a chance to ask her, but up until a few days ago I didn't have a clue why. Grandma was born in Berlin Germany.

My last reason why we should learn about the Holocaust to prevent it from happening again. History repeats its self, so if we forget about it, it's bound to happen again. After Hitler would be done with the Jews, he would start on everyone else. Also, tons of mini holocausts happen everyday, like in Iraq, North Korea, and Bosnia. So it would probably make a bigger more intense one, again.