Simulating
Conflict and Negotiation
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Leader: Please read the following quote out loud. During
discussion, please help participants keep track of time. |
Our teacher
for this segment, Connie Hudgeons, has this to say:
I want [a
student] to walk out of my classroom…as a better thinker,
with some standards to use to evaluate the information they
receive and how they process that and how it fits into their
overall scheme of who they are - how to use all of the various
filters that we have culturally.... If we want people to live
in harmony and accord, if as a human race, as a species, one
of our goals is to have peace in the world, then kids have to
start realizing that warfare and duking it out isn't the way
to do it. You have to give them the skills to resolve conflict
in a non-violent manner. And to quote Margaret Mead, "Never
doubt that a few thoughtful people can change the world."…So,
I want them to be thoughtful and introspective and I want them
to think before they react and to be proactive versus being
reactive and to [embrace] the idea of tolerance...you don't
have to like somebody and you don't have to agree with them,
but because they are human, they are entitled to the same respect
that you want as a citizen of the world.
Thinking
back on your list from Getting Ready 2: Sources of Conflict
and what you have just seen in the video, choose one of the
following topics and discuss as a large group:
