How Would You Teach Equality in the Classroom?

I would teach equality to everyone in the classroom.

A practical exercise in doing so is for everyone to write down people’s differences, and according to those differences we have in our natural qualities, we should then discuss: How can we provide everyone with an equal opportunity?

For instance, we can see how some people are naturally stronger, others are weaker, some are prettier, others are less so, some shout more, others are calmer, and so on and so forth. How, then, can we complement each other’s differences in order to promote equality?

Let’s say I stutter. I need to get two or three times the time to express myself than another person who speaks quickly. There are some who find it harder to understand new material than others, so they need more time to process and absorb it, and perhaps need two or three explanations. Others might not care about the subject at all, so we need to try and spark their interest, maybe by giving the students an activity where they each need to explain various aspects of the subject to each other.

There are many means and tools available to promote fairness and equality among the classroom differences. We can discuss how to bring everyone to a state where everyone understands the material, enjoys the study, and even more importantly, that the actual topic of study is of secondary importance to the idea that through such learning, we build ourselves as a society that knows how to relate to each person, where each person becomes a psychologist of sorts. By “psychologist,” I mean someone who understands people’s characters and natures.

Then, when we learn together, we gain the ability to be closer, more supportive and positively connected. These connectivity skills are far more important than the knowledge contained in the subjects themselves. We can take these skills with us into our long and varied lives after school, knowing how to create an environment where we can cultivate positive connections and feel good, happy and confident with everyone who enters that environment.

What Are Some Ways to Make Your Students Love You as a Teacher?

Teachers should be honest and straightforward with their students, so that the students feel that the teacher is their friend.

The students should also feel that the teacher is a wise adult that protects them, and who teaches them from a place of wisdom, greatness and protection. We can liken the student to a little child in relation to their mother. The mother protects, raises, takes care and does everything possible for the child in their various states of weakness.

This is what the teacher has to show their students: that they are right there beside them in order to supplement any of their weaknesses. The students then feel that they need their teacher, together with love, gratitude and devotion to them, wishing also to be their friend.