kristy #13

I really liked reading this talk and relating it to my future classroom. Elder Eyring says, "We are moving toward becoming one. The miracle of unity is being granted to us as we pray for it in the Lords way." I think that in the classroom unity really is a miracle sometimes. and something that we individually will have to hope and pray for. because "joy comes when we are blessed with unity". It really is a joyful and exciting thing then there is unity among students, more is accomplished and a greater level of success is achieved. In his talk Elder Eyring speaks about gathering together so we can seek and qualify unity with others, because it cannot happen alone. I think that in the classroom as well its not about groups or cliques either, but the class as a whole. This has started me thinking about ways that I can "gather together" my students to help them create this unity within our classroom. The talk also points out that everything that Alma and his people did was inspired to help people choose to have their hearts changed so that they could be one. That is something that I need to be able to do as a teacher. Help others choose. It is the students choice - yet I can assist the class in the way that I direct them and teach them and am an example to them to put away differences and be one, unified as a classroom. I remember In Jr. High and High School drama classes that were not as unified and didn't work as well together and other classes that were together and unified and the support and encouragement and strength that was found there. What an amazing difference it makes!
Even though this is an educational setting where we cannot talk about the gospel which is the main source of people being knit together- I believe that there are basic principles of human truth that can be brought up and discusses and discovered in our classrooms- respect, love, tolerance, service, etc. As these important things are discovered, discussed and implemented into our classrooms the students will be knit together as one! And even though its not a gospel based situation a great blessing is we always have the Holy Ghost to guide us and help us to achieve this.