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Meera

Well, I really feel that, as a teacher, we take on so many roles, and we see students every single day. And as a part of that, it’s really important that we get to build those strong rapport, strong relationships with students, where they’re able to feel at ease. And they come into the classroom that they can be themselves and they can express their opinions really clearly, not having that judgment.

And when that judgment is given or articulate in that judgment, and not seeing as a natural negative that’s going to be detrimental to somebody’s opinion or to who they are. But actually say, OK, we’re allowed to disagree with somebody, and making those allowances, and are using those elements of disagreement as a point of building trust with each other.

I think that’s really important. So you’re building a real community in the classroom, and not seeing them, OK, you’re in the classroom and then leaving. I think that, as anything, that’s an environment that’s particularly conducive for learning to really seeing as an environment, a community of learning.