Being open about the Parkinson's has been a very important thing for me. I suspect that most of us have people in our group of contacts and acquaintances who have little respect for boundaries. There are people out there who seem to speak in order to make other people squirm, people who like to make us uncomfortable.
Rob Eaton and Bonnie Moon share about building community in the college classroom on episode 470 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
The better I understand students back stories, the more empathy and compassion I have for them.
-Rob Eaton