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Practices

Ideas of day-to-day actions to actively promote affinity, engagement, compassion, and peace among members of the class community while maintaining a rigorous learning experience
Compassionate Rigor

le mot du moment : esfuerzomeed ✨

Etymology: Portmanteau of esfuerzo (Spanish, 'effort') and omeed (Persian/Farsi, 'hope')

Working Definition(s): Making the consistent effort to remain actively aware of the possibilities of good coming to fruition; Making consistent efforts with a hopeful outlook and/or driven by hope, an active awareness of the possibilities of good coming to fruition, which requires consistent, dedicated effort.

One way educators can practice esfuerzomeed:

  • When learners appear to be struggling to learn a concept, practicing esfuerzomeed can look like consistently making the effort to 1) see yourself as capable of teaching so that they can understand, 2) see them as capable of learning the concept in the ways that make sense to them and 3) check in with them to see how you can better support their understanding. In short, esfuerzomeed looks like never giving up on learning and trying new ways of teaching, never giving up on helping learners learn. Opposed to (subconsciously/unintentionally) labeling learners as 'dumb', 'lazy', 'hopeless', etc., and as a result not trying different ways of teaching to help them learn.

One way learners can practice esfuerzomeed:

  • When you're really struggling to learn a concept, practicing esfuerzomeed can look like consistently making the effort to 1) see yourself as capable of eventually learning the concept in the way that makes sense to you and 2) check in with your instructor or other resources to get support in clarifying your understanding of the concept. In short, esfuerzomeed looks like never giving up on learning. Opposed to (subconsciously/unintentionally) labeling yourself as 'dumb', 'lazy', 'hopeless', etc., and not trying to learn as a result.

In what other ways can we practice esfuerzomeed?

Voici mon secret. Il est très simple : on ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

(Here is my secret. It is very simple: it is only with the heart that one sees rightly. The essential is invisible to the eyes.)

~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Compassionate Rigor

Build your own words!

1. Pick 1 Rigor-related word in any language

2. Pick 1 Compassion-related word in any language

3. Creatively combine them!

4. Reflect: How can you put this idea into practice?

The languages included below are all languages of my French instructors throughout my education (3rd grade - present). I'm learning all of them!

Elements of Rigor

(Français/French)

(Español/Spanish)

('Arabi/Arabic)

(Fārsi/Persian)

accuracy

attentiveness

certainty

challenge

confidence

conscientiousness

consideration

courage

determination

efficiency

effort

energy

faithfulness

firmness

honesty

integrity

perseverance

persistence

precision

structure

sureness

thoroughness

précision
attention
certitude
défi
confiance
conscience
considération
courage
détermination
efficacité
effort
énergie
fidélité
fermeté
honnêteté
intégrité
persévérance
persistance
précision

structure
assurance
minutie

precisión
atención
certeza
desafío
confianza
conciencia
consideración
coraje
determinación
eficacia
esfuerzo
energía
fidelidad
firmeza
honestidad
integridad
perseverancia
persistencia
precisión

estructura
seguridad
minuciosidad

diqqa (دقة)
intiḥā' (انتباه)
yaqīn (يقين)
taḥaddī (تحدي)
thiqa (ثقة)
damīr mustayqiẓ (ضمير مستيقظ)
iʿtibār (اعتبار)
shajāʿa (شجاعة)
ʿazm (عزم)
kifā'a (كفاءة)
juhd (جهد)
ṭāqa (طاقة)
wafā' (وفاء)
ṣalāba (صلابة)
ṣidq (صدق)
amāna (أمانة)
iṣrār (إصرار)
iṣrār (إصرار)
diqqa (دقة)

hikal (هيكل)
yaqīn (يقين)
daqqa (دقة)

daghighat (دقت)
tavajoh (توجه)
qat'iyat (قطعیت)
chālesh (چالش)
etminān (اطمینان)
vojdān (وجدان)
tavajoh (توجه)
shojā'at (شجاعت)
tasmim (تصمیم)
kārāmadi (کارآمدی)
talāsh (تلاش)
enerzhi (انرژی)
vafādāri (وفاداری)
ostovāri (استواری)
rāsti (راستی)
rāstgāri (راستکاری)
poshtekāri (پشتکاری)
poshtekāri (پشتکاری)
daghighat (دقت)

sākhtār (ساختار)
etminān (اطمینان)
daghighi (دقیقی)

Elements of Compassion

(Français/French)

(Español/Spanish)

('Arabi/Arabic)

(Fārsi/Persian)

agency

appreciation

awareness

care

connection

democracy

empathy

forgiveness

freedom

gentleness

grace

hope

hospitality

humanity

humility

interest

patience

respect

responsiveness

sincerity

sympathy

tenderness

understanding

unity

warmth

agence
appréciation
conscience
soin
connexion
démocratie
empathie
pardon

liberté
douceur
grâce

espoir
hospitalité
humanité
humilité
intérêt
patience
respect
réactivité
sincérité
sympathie

tendresse
compréhension
unité
chaleur

agencia
aprecio
conciencia
cuidado
conexión
democracia
empatía
perdón

libertad
dulzura
gracia

esperanza
hospitalidad
humanidad
humildad
interés
paciencia
respeto
capacidad de respuesta
sinceridad
simpatía

ternura
comprensión
unidad
calidez

wakāla (وكالة)
taqdīr (تقدير)
waʿy (وعي)
ʿināya (عناية)
ittiṣāl (اتصال)
dīmuqrāṭiyya (ديمقراطية)
taʿāṭuf (تعاطف)
maghfira (مغفرة)

ḥurriya (حرية)
riqqa (رقة)
niʿma (نعمة)

amel (أمل)
ḍiyāfa (ضيافة)
'insāniyya (إنسانية)
tawāḍuʿ (تواضع)
ihtimām (اهتمام)
ṣabr (صبر)
iḥtirām (احترام)
istijāba (استجابة)
ṣidq (صدق)
taʿāṭuf (تعاطف)

ḥanān (حنان)
fahm (فهم)
waḥda (وحدة)
ḥarāra (حرارة)

āgāhiyat (آگاهیت)
ārzeshgozārī (ارزش‌گذاری)
agāhī (آگاهی)
morāqabat (مراقبت)
ertebāt (ارتباط)
mardomsālārī (مردم‌سالاری)
hamdelī (همدلی)
bakhshesh (بخشش)

āzādi (آزادى)
loṭf (لطف)
fażl (فضل)

omīd (اميد)
mehmāndārī (مهمانداری)
ensāniyat (انسانیت)
forūtānī (فروتنی)
alāghamandī (علاقه‌مندی)
sabr (صبر)
ehterām (احترام)
pāsokhdehī (پاسخ‌دهی)
sadeghat (صداقت)
hamdardī (همدردی)

mehrabāni (مهربانى)
dark (درک)
vahdat (وحدت)
garmāyeh (گرمایه)

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