Mix-It-Up at Lunch: An Idea for Teaching Tolerance
Posted On October 25, 2011
It happened everywhere, on campuses large and small, public and private, elementary to secondary, in more than 2,163 schools nationwide—as well as at international schools in Poland, India, Kyrgyzstan, United Arab Emirates and beyond. Mix It Up at Lunch Day was Tuesday, Oct. 18.
Some events went smoothly, while others may have felt awkward. If your event felt awkward, don’t worry; that’s part of the process of change, and you should see it as an incentive to keep at it. This work is not easy, but it is vital.
Mix It Up is a decade-long Teaching Tolerance effort to help students identify, question and cross social boundaries. One 12-year-old California seventh-grader described Mix It Up’s core message in words anyone could understand: “Be nice to each other. Be open, and don’t hurt other people’s feelings.”
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