Developing Empathy For Others

And just like that…

You have finished another section of this course.  You are moving right along!  Being all successful and stuff!  We are so proud of you!  It’s time for your next assignment.

Remember, writing things down helps you organize your thoughts, and remember what you have learned.

This is the part where you get to take what we have presented to you, and decide what you agree with and what you disagree with.  More importantly, this is where you get to take the things that we have learned, and make them your own.  Give them your own spin!  Apply them in ways that we hadn’t thought of!

We highly recommend that you not skip this step!

Constructed Journal Entry

Open a blank document somewhere.  This can be on Google Drive, on your computer, or anywhere else where you save important files.  Construct a private journal entry.  Where you will write down some of your thoughts and save them for later.  So that you can look at these thoughts again when you complete this course.

Your journal entry should include the following components:

• Write about how you view and deal with others who have differing views from yourself.
• Explain what empathy is.  Pretend that you are writing to an audience that knows nothing about empathy.  Write your explanation in enough details so that they would understand how to apply empathy to those whom they interact with.
• Write about which you value more, being right, or being kind.  Explain why you feel the way you do.
• Write about the differences in how people seek knowledge, and how this can create division.  Explain how we can overcome these differences and turn them into strengths.
• Write about the differences in how people chaperone their knowledge, and how this can create division.  Explain how we can overcome these differences and turn them into strengths.

You will not submit this assignment to us.  This is just for your own personal records.