What should be included alongside teaching kindness?
Academic skills
Emotional expression
A deeper understanding of justice
Charitable activities
How can you handle microaggressions in the classroom?
Teaching students to forgive easily
Ignoring them to avoid conflict
Addressing them with sensitivity and specific language
Only addressing major incidents of discrimination
Why teaching only kindness can be problematic for students?
It makes them shy and reserved
It ignores the complex realities of systemic injustice
It leads to them being overly competitive
It makes them overly generous
What is the goal of combining kindness with justice?
To make students more emotionally intelligent
To guide students to act on specific actions against bias
To teach better conflict resolution
To encourage kindness above all else
What can we emphasize about teaching Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message to students?
Focusing only on his peaceful approach
Teaching both his peaceful and radical messages for equity
Ignoring his ideas on social justice
Cherry-picking quotes about everyone getting along
How can people effectively respond to a microaggression?
Discuss how to address the insult and take action
Ignore it
Laugh it off
Change the context or environment to avoid it
What false narrative does the text's author warn against when teaching about kindness and justice?
That kindness alone can bring social progress
That kindness is the only tool needed to resolve conflicts
That all historical figures were perfect
That there is no such thing as systemic injustice
What classroom agreements does the text author suggest should be made with students?
“Respect the teacher”
Stand up against microaggressions and correct harmful action
“Follow the rules of the school”
“Be polite to everyone”
Why is teaching only kindness considered insufficient?
It ignores students' emotional intelligence
It makes students too passive
It doesn’t address inequities and real-world injustice
It doesn’t focus on academic achievement
What does a “culture of justice” in the classroom mean?
Giving students more freedom to express their feelings
Teaching only kindness and emotional intelligence
Focusing on rules and behavior management
Making justice a central part of the classroom’s culture