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Andrew Halls, the headmaster of the exclusive King's College School in Wimbledon, which costs a whopping £20,400 ($25,000) a year, has decided to take a more proactive approach to help combat what he sees as a growing disconnect between learners at his school and the world around them.
When speaking with the Times, he describes his perception that, as time goes on, students "become locked in a world of incomprehension, with an increasingly two-dimensional understanding of other people, [and are] incapable of forming real relationships in the world of flesh and blood...”
While the phenomenon has been observed worldwide for years, many felt it was just a symptom of the changing times and that a balance would eventually be struck.
New research indicates, however, that adults born in the 1990s have lower empathy scores than those born 10 and 20 years earlier reports the Sunday Times.
“...Underlying the community of likes, Photoshopped pictures, shared Instagram obsessions is an empty wilderness of solitude and disconnection,” Halls added.
https://www.rt.com/uk/379522-uk-private-school-empathy-lessons/
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When speaking with the Times, he describes his perception that, as time goes on, students "become locked in a world of incomprehension, with an increasingly two-dimensional understanding of other people, [and are] incapable of forming real relationships in the world of flesh and blood...”
Perhaps this lack of comprehension and empathy towards our fellow man is related to growing reliance on social media to communicate even within a circle of friends standing within a few feet of each other. Next thing we'll be accepting robots on an equal footing especially if they say everything we want to hear.
"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."
I think teaching about empathy isn't going to work in a school setting because, without fail, they'll manage to deliver the lessons in a dry, detached and utterly boring manner.
That's supposed to be the job of parents who, it seems, are dropping balls left and right.
"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."
It's like people are annoyed to be reminded of basic religious teachings that everyone should live by. Pretty sure they still sign "Christian" on census forms though!
"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."
"...Say, 'GOD is sufficient for me.' In Him the trusters shall trust." (Quran 39:38)
"...Say, 'GOD is sufficient for me.' In Him the trusters shall trust." (Quran 39:38)
"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."