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​Andrew W. Niblock 

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Director of Schoolwide Initiatives

The Greenwich Country Day School

Courage

10/16/2017

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Our world is topsy-turvy. How we make sense of that is important. How we help our children make sense of it is possibly more so. Two years ago I wrote an article on educating after a tragedy that was printed in Education Week, and recently reprinted following the events in Las Vegas.

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At the core of that article was my belief that hope lies in honoring the questions of our children, listening to their concerns and dreams, and helping them find the good people in our world. It is through this process that moral courage is cultivated. They might even help us find some of our own.
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Care must be our most powerful tool. We should address the honest questions, have age-appropriate direct discussions, recognize and acknowledge students’ fears, discuss the many responses the governments around the world are pursuing, and emphasize the solidarity and common purpose of good people supporting each other all over the globe. The 24-hour news barrage and the anxiety that comes with repeated exposure can only be diminished when students are afforded honest conversations with adults whom they trust, and who inspire them to carry the good and the hope for our world.

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Joyce link
4/20/2019 04:25:16 pm

What a great read, thanks Andrew!

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