In this episode, high school student Dennis Belen speaks candidly about what it feels like to have to walk though a metal detector everyday of his high school career. He shares powerful insights into the unfairness of the situation–especially since the school down the block has no metal detectors. Dennis also shares much wisdom about public education from a student’s perspective.

Tips from this episode:

• Find out why Dennis feels like a “second class citizen” each day he must walk through a metal detector to get to class.
• Explore why Dennis is passionate, at the age of 18, about critical pedagogy, and how he is trying to get other students on board with this way of learning and teaching.
• Listen in as Dennis explains how students learn best, and why he is so interested in advocating for public education.

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