IMyuziyam yeSizwe yeMbali yaseMelika, kunye nosozigidigidi oye waxhasa ngemali umboniso omtsha apho, ungathanda ukuba wazi ukuba siza kufuna iimfazwe ezininzi ukuba sifuna ukuba nenkululeko. Ungaze ucinge ukuba sibonakala siphulukana nenkululeko eninzi ngalo lonke ixesha sineemfazwe. Ungaze ukhumbule ukuba amazwe amaninzi adale inkululeko engakumbi kunokuba sinandipha kwaye akwenza oko ngaphandle kweemfazwe. Kwimeko yethu, imfazwe lixabiso lenkululeko. Kungoko umboniso omtsha: "Ixabiso leNkululeko: Abantu baseMelika eMfazweni."
Lo mboniso uvula ngala mazwi: "Abantu baseMelika baye emfazweni ukuze baphumelele ukuzimela, bandise imida yabo yelizwe, bachaze inkululeko yabo, kwaye bakhusele iimfuno zabo kwihlabathi jikelele." Abo bazizidenge, bazizidenge baseKhanada: kutheni, oh, kutheni bephumelele ukuzimela ngaphandle kwemfazwe? Cinga ngabo bonke abantu ekusenokwenzeka ukuba bababulala! Umboniso uyamangalisa, ukuba ubuncinci, ukunyaniseka malunga ne-imperialism, ubuncinci kwiimfazwe zokuqala. Injongo yokoyisa iCanada ibandakanyiwe, kunye nezizathu zobuxoki, njengenye yezizathu zeMfazwe ye-1812.
Inxalenye enyanyekayo kakhulu yemigca yokuvula umboniso, nangona kunjalo, ingaba sisiqingatha sesibini: ". . . ukuchaza inkululeko yabo, kwaye ukhusele iimfuno zabo emhlabeni jikelele." Umboniso, ukuya kuthi ga apho ndiwuphonononge khona kwi-intanethi, awuboneleli kwaphela into ethethwa yimfazwe ehlabathini ukuze "sichaze inkululeko yethu." Kwaye, akufuneki ukuthetha, ngurhulumente wase-US, hayi "amaMelika," acinga ukuba "unomdla kwihlabathi liphela" onokuthi "ukhuselwe" ngokuqalisa iimfazwe.
Lo mboniso yintetha yobuxoki nenkohliso. Imfazwe yamakhaya yase-US ichazwa njenge "imfazwe yegazi laseMelika." Ngokwenene? Kuba abantu bakwiiPhilippines abophi? IsiVietnam angophi? Ama-Iraqi akophi? Asifanele sicinge ukuba abantwana bethu abasifundi kanye eso sifundo. Imfazwe yaseSpain yaseMelika ichazwa njengomzamo "wokukhulula iCuba," njalo njalo. Kodwa ngokugqithisileyo ukuxoka kwenziwa kulo mboniso ngokungenzi. Izingxengxezo ezimbi zexesha elidluleyo zeemfazwe azihoywa, ukufa nentshabalalo azihoywa okanye zincitshiswa ngobuxoki. Iimfazwe zamva nje kuninzi lwethu ukuba ziginye kakhulu nge-BS zigqithiswa ngokukhawuleza.
Umboniso ubonelela ngoncedo lwencwadana yemigaqo katitshala (PDF), kunye nokugubungela kwayo yonke iminyaka eyi-12 edlulileyo yokufudumala (eye yabandakanya ukubulawa kwabantu abamalunga ne-1.4 yezigidi e-Iraq kuphela) iqulethe iziganeko ze-9 / 11 / 2001, ziqala ngoku:
"Umhla we-11 kuSeptemba yayiyintlekele yanamhlanje enkulu kakhulu. Uhlaselo olubi kakhulu lwabanqolobi be-al Qaeda ngaphakathi eUnited States babulala abantu abamalunga ne-3,000 kwaye baxhokonxa imfazwe ekhokelwa yiMelika. Kangangeminyaka emininzi ezayo, ngentsimbi yesi-8:46 kusasa ngoSeptemba 11, 2001, inqwelo-moya yabhabha yaya kutsho kwinqaba esemantla yeWorld Trade Center eNew York. Ababukeli babukele njengoko inqwelomoya yesibini yantlitheka kwinqaba esemazantsi ngentsimbi yesi-9:03 kusasa emva kwemizuzu engamashumi amathathu anesihlanu emva koko enye inqwelo-moya yesithathu yantlitheka ePentagon. . Kodwa abantu baseMerika bagqiba ekubeni balwe, bekhuthazwa ngamazwi omkhweli owanceda ukuphelisa uhlaselo lokugqibela: 'Ngaba senilungile? Masiqengqe.'
Ukuba uthetha nabafundisi-ntsapho abangengobantu bentlalontle, ufumanisa ukuba uhlobo "lwemfundiso" oluqhutywa ziimyuziyam zethu lunempembelelo embi ekuqondeni kwabafundi. Incwadi entsha ebizwa Ukufundisa NgeeMfazwe yindawo entle ukuqala. Ibhalwe ngootishala abazama ukubonisa abafundi babo ukuqonda okupheleleyo kunye nokunyaniseka kwemfazwe kunoko kulindelekileyo kwiincwadi zesicatshulwa eziqhelekileyo, ezininzi zazo zibi kakhulu kunomboniso wemyuziyam ochazwe ngasentla. Aba titshala/ababhali bathi xa utitshala ezenza ngathi akanaluvo, ufundisa abafundi babo ukungakhathali ngokuziphatha. Ukwenza ngathi akulikhathalele ihlabathi kufundisa abantwana ukuba bangalikhathaleli ihlabathi. Ootitshala bafanele babe nembono ethile kodwa bafundise ngaphezu kwesinye, bafundise ukucinga nzulu nokuhlalutya, bafundise ukuthandabuza, baze bafundise ukuhlonela izimvo zabanye.
Abafundi akufuneki bafundiswe, aba titshala bacebisa, ukukhaba onke amabango oluntu njengobuxoki kwaye inyani ayinakwaziwa kwaphela. Endaweni yoko, kufuneka bafundiswe ukuhlalutya amabango kwaye bavelise izimvo ezinolwazi. UJessica Klonsky wabhala:
"Esinye sezona zifundo ziphumeleleyo ezinxulumene namajelo eendaba zibandakanya umthambo wokuthelekisa iimbono ezimbini zeendaba. Okokuqala ndibonise imizuzu engama-20 yokuqala Igumbi lokulawula, i documentary malunga Al Jazeera, uthungelwano lukamabonakude lwezizwe ngezizwe ngolwimi lwesiArabhu olukwikomkhulu eDoha, eQatar. Abafundi bothuswa zizidumbu kunye nentshabalalo eboniswe eAl Jazeera. Kwabaninzi yayisihlandlo sokuqala ukuba baqonde ukuba yayingengomajoni nje afela emfazweni.
Amajoni ase-US ayeyi-0.3% yabafileyo kwimfazwe ye-2003-2011 e-Iraq. Aba bafundi bebengayazi enye i-99.7% yababhubhileyo. Ukufunda ukuba imfazwe ibonakala njani ngokwenene mhlawumbi sesona sifundo sibalulekileyo esilahlekileyo kwinkqubo yethu yesiqhelo yemfundo.
Esinye isifundo esibalulekileyo kukuba ngoobani abaya emfazweni yaye kutheni. UBill Bigelow ubonisa isifundo esingumzekelo apho ootitshala banokubonisa abafundi ngeemeko eziyinyaniso, kodwa ngamagama ezizwe atshintshile. Banokuxubusha ngoko bekumele kwenziwe ziintlanga, ngaphambi kokuba bafunde ukuba olunye lweentlanga yayilolwabo, nangaphambi kokuba bafunde oko lukwenzileyo ngokwenene. Emva koko banokuxubusha loo nyaniso. I-Bigelow iphinda iqale imfundiso yakhe malunga "nemfazwe yobunqolobi" ngokucela abafundi ukuba basebenze ekuchazeni "ubunqolobi" (kwaye kungekhona ngokuhlaselana, mhlawumbi indlela iMyuziyam yeSizwe yeMbali yaseMelika ingacebisa "ukuchaza" igama elinjalo).
Omnye utitshala uqukumbela isifundo esinjalo ngokubuza "Ucinga ukuba ubuya kwenza wuphi umahluko ukuba abafundi belizwe lonke bebenengxoxo esiba nayo namhlanje?" Ngokucacileyo, lo mbuzo ushukumisela abafundi ekubeni babe ngabafundisi-ntsapho abafuna ukwabelana ngolwazi lwabo ngomlinganiselo omkhulu ngakumbi kunokuba, masithi, ngokubafundisa imihla yamadabi nokubacebisa ukuba bazame ukuchukumisa abanye ngokunkqaya.
Ngaba imfundiso elungileyo inokukhuphisana neLockheed Martin exhaswe yiMyuziyam yoMoya kunye neSithuba, imidlalo yevidiyo yoMkhosi wase-US, Argo, Zero Dark 30, ubuxoki obunobuqhetseba babaqeshwa, i Iprojekthi yeSikhumbuzo saseVietnam, ukuwangawangisa kwendwe koomabonwakude, izifungo zokuthembeka ntsasa nganye, nokungabikho kwamathemba alungileyo obomi obunye? Ngamanye amaxesha, ewe. Kwaye ngokufuthi ngakumbi kokukhona isasazeka kwaye kokukhona yenziwa ngcono.
Isahluko esinye kwi Ukufundisa NgeeMfazwe ichaza iprojekthi edibanisa abafundi baseUnited States nabafundi abaseNtshona Asia ngeengxoxo zevidiyo ezibukhoma. Loo mava afanele afunyanwe kuyo nayiphi na imfundo yomntu oselula. Ndiyakuqinisekisa ukuba urhulumente wethu usebenzisa "abaqhubi beenqwelomoya" be-drone ukuba banxibelelane namazwe angaphandle ngevidiyo ebukhoma ngendlela eyonakalisayo engazange ithethe nabantwana basemzini xa babesakhula.
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