So I did write on this last period as well, and as I'm typing this my dang glasses are fogging up, which is really my big beef when it comes to masks. Now I realize I'm suppose to be writing about Biden and Trump, so I wonder if they have the same troubles. Surely there are ideas that help the fogging problem; those guys have to have the technology available to them, right. Anyway, I digress through fogged up glasses...last period, there were differing opinions, and that's a good thing. We had three students share, and one person was against masks and basically was okay with President Trump, while two others were for masks and were critical of President Trump and more for Biden. And that's a good thing...we heard each side, and we listened and we didn't go crazy because someone else felt differently that we did. And that's what I want out of these sessions as well. I want you to feel empowered to voice your opinion in a safe environment, and I want (and expect) all of us to listen respectfully and genuinely. Both of those things are great skills that we all need - voicing our thoughts; listening respectively. And in the end, we don't have to agree to be friendly with each other, right? We can feel comfortable expressing ourselves and receiving messages that may differ from our views without vicious attacks. It saddens me on social media to see how folks cannot share and react and voice without getting into a tirade; we can be better than that. So when someone volunteers to share, recognize that it is a valuable thing for people from varying perspectives to share their views, and it's also valuable to listen respectively. Oops, I really didn't follow the topic very well this time...about 30 seconds left and I wandered, and my glasses are still fogged up - dang mask. I did share last period that I support Biden's perspective on masks more that Mr. Trump's.
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