Frustration and people that are struggling and communities that are struggling violence. I dont have a good answer. It takes some dialogue. Do you want to weigh in . I have thought a little bit about that before in one beginning of an idea i came up with is things need to be tackled in preschool because in preschool, preschool is a time where kids have the fewest ideas coming into conceptions about the world. Its the ideal time to try and encourage empathy through the structure of preschool and my hope would be as soon as we go through preschool and become more empathetic individuals in that time of very Rapid Development they are going to go into Elementary School and eventually high school with a much more empathetic background and that will leave them much more in tuned to the issues that you brought up which is i think the first step. There are simply people recognizing their presence in being willing to talk about them. Anybody else want to weigh in before i answer back . It seems
Host booktv is on the campus of Duke University in durham North Carolina where we are talking with professors and scholars about some of their books and now joining us here is Deborah Hicks. Her book the road out a teachers odyssey in poor america. Deborah hicks what you do at duke first of all . Guest i have a couple of things that i do. I am part of their research into called social Science Research and that is a unit that is composed of people whore doing research in the social sciences and different disciplines. I do a lot of a lot of research and then im also a social entrepreneur so i direct a nonprofit the North Carolina mountains called page, partnership for appalachian Girls Education in their work with appalachian girls in middle school and help them get Educational Opportunity and access. So i have a couple of different hats that i wear at Duke University and researcher and now social entrepreneur. Host social entrepreneur. Is that a new term . Guest atinguas point coined by