Bleary-eyed Empathy.
So this morning I woke up bleary-eyed, hungry, and not wanting to go to school. It’s not that I don’t like school, it’s just that I wanted to SLEEP. I had a good breakfast, but I was still hungry.
Funny, I started thinking about students and how some come to school feeling the same way. The one saving grace is that I love my work, so was able to fight through the feeling. What would happen if I was a student and HATED school? I’d never have fought through it and would have begged to stay home. I may even develop real symptoms of sickness due to the unhappiness.
This really gives me a need and a push to keep the school fun and a place that my students want to come to. I want them to LOVE the school as much as I do. I can’t imagine feeling that way and having to go some place I hated.
Empathy: I got a good dose of it.
What have you experienced lately that has allowed you to “walk in another person’s shoes?” What has helped you develop empathy?
