Tolerance

 



First of all I believe that person's attitude depends from his/her character. Also from many other factors: education, environment, stereotypes etc. Tolerance isn't the thing that can be easy to learn.





1. What tools can we use to stay tolerant and be empathic and open - minded?

 It depends of place, situation where we want to use these tools.
In schools as a teacher I could use many interactive methods, play role games with pupils. 
Role game examples: old lady and young person - lady is asking for some help; meet two representatives of different religion/culture - they do daily rituals etc. At the end of role games teacher with children always discuss the situation: How children felt? Does their attitude changed on some way?
I suppose that very interesting is to make activity about stereotypes, because they are on our minds all the time. (Are we living according to stereotypes? Are they always true? and so on ).
One more possibility is to read more information about things what we really don't understand or consider it strange. Also communication with different people can be a good tool in some situations.

But the main is understand that we all are different, some actions what you are doing looks strange for other. We have to accept others, because there is no right or wrong.


2. What kind of questions can you ask in order to reach understanding of a known - unknown situation?

If there was that kind of situation then I would ask:

• Why are you doing that?
• Is it important for you? Why?
• What is the meaning of what you are doing?

Of course kind of questions depends of specific situation. Those three questions I could use for example in situation, when I see, that someone do things I can't really understand. Most of all it could be related with religion or some traditions-rituals, because I don't know everything about other. I usually use these kind of question in life.