Assembly News From Room 23:

 

 

 

 

In October, the students learned about the teaching of

humility. Humility is thought to be the essential

ingredient for learning with all of our senses. We can

only listen and pay true attention to something when

we let go of our preconceptions. We cannot feel any

arrogance over nature and its creatures. We cannot

assume we already know the answers or that we are

better or higher than another. Humility is not about

humiliation. Humility, as we are defining it, is a

freedom from pride and arrogance that recognizes

equity and equality. The virtue of humility teaches

that no one is more important than the other, we are

all equal.

Empathy is taught hand-in-hand with humility.

When we understand that we are all important, it

becomes important to be able to sense how others

feel and to understand their situations and respond to

them with compassion.