A colleague of mine once devised a brilliant classroom exercise that gifted her students an enduring lesson in self-advocacy and accepting themselves — and others — for who they are.For the “project,” she gave each student an index card with a set of unique medical symptoms.
The task, due in a week: Research your symptoms and identify the diagnosis. The following week, the teacher had her students quickly read out their symptoms and their diagnostic guesses.
Her job was to play doctor and prescribe treatment for each student’s condition.One student began: “My arm bone is jutting out.
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