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Sharing the blog posts below can be a great way to bring others into the movement.
You Are Who You Eat Lunch With
You are who you eat lunch with. Emotions are contagious. There is an actual science behind this contagion of emotions. When we catch someone else’s emotions, we can thank our mirror neurons, (or our empathy neurons, as we like to call them). Educators tend to have an abundance of these neurons at our disposal -we are especially empathetic people! We talk about how this impacts our work with kids in our book, Connecting Through Conversation: A Playbook for Talking with Students. Turns out, it is just as important to be aware of our mirror neurons when we think about the educators we work with!
A Student's Behavior is What They Did, Not Who They Are
When a student has not yet learned to read or solve a math equation, educators don’t get angry or take it personally. The same thing needs to be true for behavior.
Students are going to make mistakes. Educators must remember that mistakes don’t define a person. When we help students understand this, they are much more willing to make changes and become a better version of themselves.
