{"id":1888,"date":"2022-05-23T16:11:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T14:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platform.amelieproject.eu\/ro\/on-hatred-the-spectrum-of-hatred\/"},"modified":"2022-05-23T16:11:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T14:11:01","slug":"on-hatred-the-spectrum-of-hatred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platform.amelieproject.eu\/it\/on-hatred-the-spectrum-of-hatred\/","title":{"rendered":"On Hatred (The Spectrum of Hatred…)"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the guidance and counselling class, I asked my 6th graders to imagine a great and beautiful tree with a thick tall trunk that had just been carved with different names and inscriptions by some people. Then, I asked one of my students that was good at drawing to draw that tree on the board, focusing more on the trunk. In the meanwhile, I asked the others to write an offending word on a piece of post-it. Although the students were reluctant at first, saying that they couldn`t write ugly words, I told them to keep on writing, imagining that the words written there, on that piece of post-it, were to be addressed to someone they didn`t like. And so, eventually, I asked them to stick their post-it on the tree trunk. It looked nice (as it was colourful due to the post-it colours) but the words there were terrifying! Actually, those offending words were more than they could stand, gathered there altogether. That was exactly my point! To make them realize that, just like a tree trunk can`t be `brought back to life` after having been badly carved, in its initial look, the same way an offending word- let alone several words- can never be erased from a person`s soul\u2026Those words, said with hatred, will always remain there forever, even if one apologizes afterwards.
\n And so, we kept on talking about hatred, in its different shapes, ending up our activity thinking of one of Maya Angelou`s quotes, as a conclusion: \u201cHate, it has caused a lot of problems in this world, but has not solved one yet.\u201d And always remembering that: \u201cIf you hate someone, you are not hurting the person you hate, but yourself.\u201d
\n Such a great activity and so many different feelings gathered! Hopefully, the word `hatred` will remain hidden there, in the pages of a dictionary, maybe, but not in our mind and soul.<\/p>\n