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I am bombarded with offers of online education, learning and education. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/nyregion/3-jobs-plenty-of-dreams-and-the-fatal-consequences-of-one-dangerous-decision.html?_r=0

Working three jobs to survive, no hope.  Living mechanically as a biological machine. And failing

The reality of todays economy

Here are citations from Richard Rive's Buckingham Palace District Six  (1986)  David Philip Publisher Cape Town

We are of course talking about life before the final solution and before the invasion of Poland and the physical destruction of the Jews.  We are talking about the pre-war and pre-kristallnacht  https://www.google.co.za/search?q=kristallnacht&biw=1024&bih=618&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=a_cPVLzeFs7b7Aa7roCgBQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDMQsAQ

Here are citations from Solomon Kazen's speech

Katzen is a German Jew who escaped Nazi Germany and became the owner of the five buildings in District Six called ironically Buckingham Palace

Stripping of the right to vote, separation (apartheid) between the master race and the subhuman

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Here is an article that appeared at the Guardian on the 30th of August.  Here are some ideas of what could be done with first year students at university of all disciplines 

The two sides have gone so mad to the extent of displaying anger and disgust when people "dare" to mourn the death of the children of the other side "enemy".  He/she who dares  reminding that a child is a child and the other side mourns its own children is called a "traitor", "an insane lefty/liberal" and other insults.

Only we have the right to mourn our children.  Only our children count.  The other side's children are just numbers, "collateral damage", the fault of those beasts who shoot at Israel. How dare you mention Palestinian children die in their hundreds? Look at this beautiful child? Look at what those animals did? They killed this child deliberately.  Those Palestinian  children die when hamas used them as human shields.  It is not our fault.  We are only protecting our children, like this beautiful one.   

Meanwhile children are gone, no more.

Racism and euro-centrism is also displayed

A European child, with light complexion, skin, eyes and hair.  What is he doing among the 'barbarians' "darkies"?  How many "darkies" non-European looking is he worth?  I am being cynical, and hurtful.

The eyes and innocence of those children haunt me for days now.  I am functioning very badly.

The children become pawns in the game.  Part of political and nationalistic discourse.  They lost their identities and lives in all possible ways.  They are nationalized and internationalized.  They become part of propaganda games, narrative games, language game.