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Sometimes people are comfortable living in the shells of their own existence. They are satisfied with the status quo, choose to interact with those from the same religious backgrounds, cultural heritage, and political affiliations. They prefer their days to be filled with very little questioning, or feather-ruffling, or challenging. Sometimes they consider the alternative views of others to be wrong, not just different. From an educational perspective, this is downright dangerous. According to Article 2 of the Treaty on the European Union the Union is based on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities We, the partners in this project, now have an enormous responsibility to ensure that our students develop cultural awareness and are engaged in acts of citizenship, not only within our schools and surrounding areas, but as active members of the global community