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What if Universities Taught KINDNESS?

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Kamran Mofid
21 November 2019
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‘Education of the mind without education of the heart is no education at all.’-Aristotle

“The one continuing purpose of education, since ancient times, has been to bring people to as full realization as possible of what it is to be a human being.”-Arthur W. Foshay, author of ‘The Curriculum: Purpose, Substance and Practice’

Kindness University: The 'Antidote' to an Unkind World

Given the state of our world today: What if Universities have been Educating for compassion, empathy and kindness too? 

Kindness and the Good Education 

'Some say that my teaching is nonsense.

Others call it lofty but impractical.
But to those who have looked inside themselves,

this nonsense makes perfect sense.
And to those who put it into practice,
this loftiness has roots that go deep.
I have just three things to teach:
simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and in thoughts,
you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,

You reconcile all beings in the world.'- Lao Tzu

Surveys after surveys are noting that Kindness is the single most important quality that pupils and  students want in their teachers and lecturers; schools, colleges and universities.

Read more: What if Universities Taught KINDNESS?

  1. Wouldn’t the world be a better place with a bit more kindness? Harnessing the Economics of Kindness
  2. Today is World Kindness Day: Embracing Kindness to Defeat the Political Economy of Hatred
  3. The Value of Values: Values-led Education to Make the World Great Again
  4. Austerity driven Homeless children put up in Shipping Containers in ‘Great Britain’
  5. In Praise of Youth on International Youth Day- Monday 12 August 2019
  6. Do you have an eye for justice and sense of duty? Then, these questions are for you.
  7. It’s All in The Mind: Focus on Mental Health
  8. The scar on the conscience of Britain: The neglect of its children, youth, students and more
  9. In these troubled times let us be ordinary and enjoy the simple pleasures of life
  10. The ‘Independence Day’, Not Long to Go!

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