The Morning After the Curtain: The Role of the Education System on the Day After the Elections | Ya'el Nachon Harel

Ya'el Nachon Harel writes about the role of the education system in dealing with political tension after the elections. She calls for turning classrooms into a space where students learn to argue without hating, accept defeat, and respect those who think differently.

Ya'el Nachon Harel writes an opinion piece about the role of the education system on the day after the elections. According to her, political tension did not dissipate with the closing of the polling stations, but moved into the classrooms, where students bring with them family dynamics, disagreements, and adult anxieties. The author emphasizes that the role of educators is not to judge the election results, but to establish common rules of the game and teach children how to argue without hating, accept defeat, and respect those who think differently. The article calls for turning the classroom into a space where students learn to process the results of democracy, even when they are painful, and develop the ability to listen to arguments that infuriate them without dismissing the legitimacy of the person standing before them.