In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird<\/u>, Atticus Finch<\/strong> reminds his daughter Scout <\/strong>of the importance of empathy. He is trying to teach Scout an essential life skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” The role of schooling is to educate. Although we study subjects in school, we also study people. We learn to read, write and calculate. We learn facts, but we also learn how to think. To do this, we connect previously unconnected facts to each other. We empathize, and we weave knowledge. One might call this deep learning. To put it another way, we develop context<\/strong> as we discover that nothing is ever truly isolated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Empathy is a social-emotional skill. In other words, it helps us understand other people. It helps us understand the context in which events occur. This is critical in a world in which social media plays a dominant role in communicating. As a result, teachers must incorporate empathy and social values into content knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Bren\u00e9 Brown reminds us of how to create a genuine empathic connection with someone else in this beautiful animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>Harper Lee<\/a>,
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 3<\/em> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n