RACE TO NOWHERE screenings at NIST raise some important questions about life in the 21st century

On the evening of Friday 1 April, NIST screened ‘RACE TO NOWHERE’, an award-winning US documentary, to a full house of parents, teachers and students from international communities in Bangkok.

‘RACE TO NOWHERE’ features the heartbreaking stories of young people who have been pushed to the brink and educators who are burned out and worried that students aren’t developing the skills needed for the global economy. It points to the silent epidemic running rampant in our schools today.

The 85-minute film, also screened in the morning of Friday 1 and Saturday 2 April, posed some serious questions for the audience about education systems in the current highly-connected digital world that is the 21st century. It discussed time-deprived high school students going through bouts of depression or physical sickness and how they tried to cope with their stress-filled days.

Whilst the movie centered on education, it raised deeper more fundamental questions about family and the role of play and time in the lives of today’s adolescents. It triggered deep reflection and introspection amongst the audience about life in the current fast-paced information-overloaded digital world, the concept of true happiness and an individual’s quest for a healthy and balanced life.

The discussion following the film produced some thought-provoking statements and sincere reflections from the audience. The majority left the theatre deep in introspective thought yet excited by the challenges posed by the movie and the questions raised that NIST as a community can no longer ignore.

Visit www. racetonowhere.com for more information or to continue the dialogue

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