Derek Beres’ blog titled The Case against Empathy argues that the value of empathy is exaggerated. In this response, I hope to resonate with Derek’s experience and attempt to understand how he arrived at his conclusions.I also hope to explo…

In response to “Even an Earthquake Can’t Stir Student Empathy,” an opinion piece by Ranjan Adiga in the Chronicle of Higher Education, The Red & Black set out to find if a lack of empathy was apparent within the student body at th…

The TEDtalk below asks some interesting questions for educators:  how do we prepare students for the future when the future is constantly changing?  How do we prepare students, when we don’t know the answers ourselves?  Sami Nerenberg ar…

The Importance of EmpathyIronically, one of the reasons for why empathy is important comes from the effects of a lack of it. In my opinion, one of the biggest reasons why millions of people do not have access to basic needs such as water, electricity, …