Teachers are the first to see what war does to children. They see the trauma in the classroom, the empty seats, the students who cannot concentrate because their parents are deployed, because their cousins were killed, because they have been told that violence is the answer. Teachers know better. And teachers must say so.
Chronic stress from war and violence rewires children's brains, impairing learning, memory, and emotional regulation for life.
Every $1 spent on war is $1 not spent on schools, teachers, healthcare, or the communities that raise the next generation.
Wars destroy the teachers, schools, and libraries that carry civilisation forward. The knowledge lost in a single war takes generations to recover.