Donna - I have students who truly don't belong there, they got in because they were privately tested. They are easily frustrated. Beth Bruno - I think we need to do all we can at every grade to teach student empathy skills. Kathleen - I think we need specific activities for teaching empathy skills, it can't be effective as a lecture course. The literature we assign can have a huge impact on empathy building.
Students learn much from characters they identify with.
We regularly do activities together. It is a positive experience for both groups. It makes the younger students feel more comfortable and the older students are more sympathetic. Beth Bruno - We have a program like that in our schools, too, Delphi. The kids really grow within it.