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Positive Relationship Education Eight topics: Respect, Compassion, Listening, Kindness, Gratitude, Love, Friendship, Care Reduced: Bullying, vandalism, neglect, depression, abuse, discrimination, anger, feuding Increased:
Imagine a loving classroom in which teachers and students: Listen and talk kindly to one another (head). Deeply care that everyone is safe and successful
Practising RESPECT, within the class and for humanity
Was Jacob right to take Esau’s blessing in disguise? What is at stake is the moral life itself. How we read a text shapes the kind of person we become.
Isaac lived in holiness, Esau didn’t. The text suggests undeniably that there was a genuine bond of love between Esau and Isaac. The Zohar says that no one in the world honored his father as Esau honored Isaac. Likewise, Isaac’s love for Esau is evident in his desire to bless him. Why?
First, we believe. Afterwards, we doubt, analyze, verify. “Truth-Default Theory” studies this natural habit and its dangerous pitfalls. Learn ways to rise above it.
The best learning is going to happen where the students have the greatest trust in their teachers. Nathan is a great example.
Does focusing on a true detail, such as instances of racism, give us a hypocritical perspective on the truly big picture? (SHORT CLIP)
FOOD TRUTHS: Is a vegetarian’s brain more stroke-risky or stroke-protected?
WHO KNEW? While few people intentionally purchase products involving enslavement and exploitation of workers, the harsh reality is our global supply chain relies on 40.3 million victims trapped in slavery.
VIDEO+TRANSCRIPT: What are the best food sources of lutein, the primary carotenoid antioxidant in the brain?
SHORT COMEDY: One determined math teacher takes on post-truth America.
Why may those who consume meat have up to three times the risk of developing dementia compared with vegetarians? AGEs may be one explanation.
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