Friday, May 24, 2019

Meditator Story

German school officials readily admit that student tensions and behavior issues are multiplying day after day.  Some of this has to do with social media, and some of it involves a different culture/society that is developing. 

So there's this new invention that I read about today.....mediators.  Yes, German schools are bringing in meditators to talk with kids and persuade them to step away.....take a deep breath.....look at the issue in a different way.....then move on.

These mediators now have regular hours at some schools. 

Yes.....someone to professionally sit and listen to a kid whine....then dump some empathy upon them. 

All this student rage and frustration?  Wrongs done against some kid?  The mediators hears them out.

I looked over the story.  There is no doubt that things have gone turbo with social media, and schools in Germany function like schools in the US.....under continual stress. 

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