Tolerance

 

1: What tools can we use to stay tolerant and be empathic and open-minded?

One idea to teach and learn about tolerance could be the game that we played durring class, I dont remember the name of the game, but we will call it -strings attached-.

· Everyone had to write one word that meant "culture chock" to them.

· One random person started out by looking at the other persons paper and deside witch stament were closeest to their own and passed on the beginning of a long white string to this person.

· The person who now had the end of the string, had to tell why he or she wrote what she or he did about "culture chock"

· Then it all continued again and again.

· The string was not endless, therefor while the game went on, everybody had to give a little of thire sting, and everybody were getting closer and closer.

I think the -strings attached- game is a very good way to not only get to know people a bit better but also a great way to see how the same “culture chock” can be described I various ways. Because we could not comment on other peoples interpretation of “culture chock” we got to feel how it is to be tolerant in a great way, just listening and accepting what was being told. I think this goes for being tolerant in a lot of aspects you have to stay open to the opinion and feelings of people surrounding you.

2. What kind of questions can you ask in order to reach understanding of a known – unknown situation?

-Very much depends on the situation but something one should always remember is to listen to what is being said, NOT how and NOT by whom.

What to me strikes as the most important thing is to teach children to stay tolerant, I think the essential thing of the future is our children’s future the world only gets smaller and globalization is now more visible than ever therefore our children have to be tolerant and open-minded.  Children copy whatever adults do or say, so YOU have stay tolerant if not for your own sake then for the children and the future's sake.

 

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
John F. Kennedy