Summary: Creating A Culture Of Compassion In Schools

Barbara Lazear Ascher writes a well formed essay on the concept of compassion. Compassion is something that we do for others out of the kindness of our hearts. She focuses more on the poor, just how we show them sympathy, why do we do such things. Is showing empathy from our hearts or just for them to go away. I enjoyed this essay due to the fact, that she gives humanistic reasons on why people are compassionate, she doesn’t sugar coat anything, and lastly she breaks down the compassion that she sees everyday.

Are people born with a complete quandary when it comes to compassion or is it something that has always been there? Barbara Lazear Ascher, born in 1946, writes, “On Compassion.” Having lived in New York City, Ascher is able to take first hand examples from the city to show the affection people have towards each other. Ascher is able to illustrate that compassion is something that has to be taught because of the adversity at people’s heels by including tone, persuasive appeals, and the mode of comparing and contrast in her essay, “On Compassion.”

The purpose of this essay is to question the readers. Ascher wants the audience to analyze themselves to determine the reason behind why people show kindness, whether it is out of fear, pity, or compassion.

Parent and Community involvement does not occur overnight. I feel that schools must make parent and community involvement a priority, valuing and accepting each other’s differences. Schools, families and communities must work together to support all students in a learning environment to ensure every student is a successful learner. Positive family and school involvement fosters a partnership among my school encouraging students to reach their highest potential academically and in life. Parent and community involvement does not mean stay-at-home mothers coming to school to help as needed, or a businessman stopping by to see events occurring on campus. The role of school, family and community involvement is a partnership incorporating goal-oriented activities for all grade levels linked to academic success and student growth.

We have to provide multiple opportunities for students to grow and learn. We need to be a culturally diverse school district that accepts everyone and encourages a pluralistic culture. We need to work together with our

When I moved to this area, we looked to live in a “better neighborhood” not only because we felt safer, but we also wanted to ensure my daughter received the best education opportunities. While it is challenging to make changes and ensure we are benefitting all students, I feel this is a larger part of why I am currently getting my degree in this field; so that I can be a voice of change and seek out ways to benefit all students to reach their full potential.

Dalai Lama once said “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” But how does one learn how to love or feel compassion for others? People all around the world wonder why the feel compassion for others. Most people feel compassion because it helps them understand how others are feeling so they can respond appropriately to a certain situation. Barbara Lazear Ascher, a former attorney and a current author, focused on compassion and how it is developed by people. Ascher’s purpose is to show that compassion is not something that you are born with, it is something that you have to learn and practice throughout your lifetime. A way to practice compassion is when you see homeless. Ascher’s reaches her

As a new charter school located in a vibrant neighborhood in Wilmington, our school has worked directly with neighbors, community groups, local nonprofit organizations and local elected and government leaders to establish a good relationship and prepare the way for our students and families to benefit from our neighborhood and location. The Brandywine neighborhood where our school is located is in the center of downtown Wilmington, easily accessible to many local businesses and government agencies, and area neighborhoods, by foot and by public transportation. We have worked extensively with local community groups, agencies and organizations to ensure that the relationship between our school and the community is mutually beneficial. When

First, I would implement trauma and diversity trainings for all educators and staff members in schools that focus on how trauma experiences can impact an individual’s emotional and behavioral development and their ability to succeed academically and in other settings. The diversity portion of this training would focus on the cultural differences that are experienced by individuals of different races and ethnicities because it is important to be culturally sensitive, especially when teaching young minority individuals. Secondly, my practicum placement is in OKC public schools and the school social workers in the district serve very high-need populations and many individuals have a negative connotation of the students who attend these schools. I will work to change the negative dialogue that surrounds these schools to a positive one, so that the individuals who are guiding these children through the school system will not continue to lower their expectations of these students and negatively impact their educational experience. I will do this by only focusing on the student’s strengths when conversing with teachers and principals. Thirdly, I would advocate for schools to make it a part of their curriculum to allow students to explore their heritages in the hopes of helping students create positive ethnic identities, which has been linked to positive outcomes for

Coach Pennington shows compassion by being courteous toward others, showing empathy, showing feeling for another person’s hardship, and being concerned for the welfare of himself and others. Coach Pennington shows and teaches others compassion. Buddha once said “If you truly love yourself, you could never hurt another.”

The world of today has been a witness to countless menacing wars, violence, and tragedies, but the amount of sympathy and compassion the people feel towards it has significantly decreased. In fact, it is believed by many that capacity of compassion is limited and so the lack of consideration for other’s suffering is part of human nature. Psychologists such as C. Daryl Cameron and Keith Payne have developed the collapse of compassion theory, described in the article, “How to Increase Your Compassion Bandwidth,” that suggests that people are growing to become indifferent and less empathetic towards major moments in history of inhumane behavior. The apathetic attitude individuals have towards tragedies is not a phenomenon only seen in the recent years, but in fact can be traced to about seventy years ago, in the midst of the Holocaust. The Holocaust was carried out by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi reign, between 1933 and 1945, which brought upon the world a massive genocide that almost killed the entire Jewish population of Europe. For nearly twelve years, Jewish people were isolated from society with discriminative laws, thrown into crowded and unsanitary ghettos, and then shipped into concentration camps where they met their deaths. The Jews were endlessly slaughtered in a cruel manner, but yet hardly any people cried out for its injustice. The behavior of the Nazis was condoned by most of the German people who supported its reign and even the prisoners of the death camps began

The past, present nd future of the two articles i feel were easy to follow becuase they were put well into the article. In "The Ethic of Compassion" it explains the past of the Dalai Llama that he tried to be peace matter China and Tibet, but it failed and he went into excile. The previous 14 were executed. So the past was rough and during his time it was rough but he learned ot connect with one self and learned compassion and to live a happy life. The goal for the future was to spread to meaning of compassion and things may be hard to wait for and may be worth the wait. Now, for the "Speech on the Signing of the Treaty of Port Elliot" in this article the Chief explained the past and the story the land can tell and what it means to his people.

“Cold-blooded” would be the most appropriate adjective to describe the seven-year-old Tina. Throughout my childhood, I had been very reluctant to feel or show any emotions since I believed that emotions symbolized weaknesses while compassion had no practical use. However, my perception of empathy changed dramatically since I came to Havergal. I was shocked at first by how emotional girls here were. I remembered the moments when a girl started crying while discussing her privileges and responsibilities to the world and when girls wept for the moving speeches at sister prayer and Holocaust prayer. These expressions of emotions gradually reshaped me – day by day I have discovered my emotional bond

The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate an understanding of compassion, its importance and effects in health care.

In United High School, my community’s interconnection is especially highlighted. It is a delight to personally know the majority of my class. My school’s environment is welcoming and supportive so much so that I feel comfortable conversing with anyone in the building. When the morning announcements are read, specific students’ and sporting teams’ recent achievements are shared, and students continue to commend their fellow students’ accolades through the day. Moreover, I have the great privilege to have teachers who are deeply concerned with the success of their students and thus will go out of their way to help them (it was one of these very teachers who informed me of QuestBridge.) Although my school district houses members dispersed across four counties, everyone comes together as a whole. My school is aptly named; our community is truly United.