Student Equals Human

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Leading with empathy learning with humanity.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With teacher burnout and student dissatisfaction at fever pitch </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Student Equals Human </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>offers a way out and forward that could transform the educational system. With humor and empathy Jay Adams offers readers a method for reconceptualizing their interactions with students by counterbalancing top-down institutional imperatives with a renewed focus on the truly human connections that beat at the heart of education.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Each chapter of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Student Equals Human </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>explores a core element of what makes humans unique-equality intellect humor deceit conflict and even love-and examines how teachers can reforge their connections with students by recognizing and honoring that shared humanity. Adams balances vision with action detailing practical suggestions for leading with empathy and offering essential plans for transforming your classroom. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Student Equals Human </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>will provide frustrated optimists with strategies to loosen the restraints of the educational system so that they can blaze a new path that energizes both teacher and student.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In an educational atmosphere where pedagogy frequently contains more acronyms than actual substance Adams reminds us of the fundamental humanity that should be the motivating force in our classrooms. With humor clarity and grace his insights encourage us to reevaluate our roles as teachers exhorting us to banish the hierarchical tendencies of our classes in favor of autonomy curiosity and respect. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Student Equals Human </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is a call to compassion a call that has never been more vital to educators. -</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Jessica Palmer</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> educator and author of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Ordering of Days </em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Coach Adams believes in real freedom the kind that comes with more responsibilities than perks. His was the greatest lesson: always treat the other as a human being. -</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Valeria Donado Levy</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> former student project manager</span></p><p><br></p>