John walked into class one day not having his homework completely done. The teacher had told him in front of the class that she would not take it late. john and the teacher both knew that this was the only assignment that he had failed to complete on time. After class The teacher called John over and told him to come to her room after class and finish his assignment. She then explained to John that she just had to set an example to the class that no matter how great a student someone was that there could not be exceptions but since this was the first and only time this would happen she allowed him to finish the assignment after school in the comfort of her class room.
Even though there was no compassion shown in front of the class I felt that the situation more of less set a ground rule of what was to be expected. Without compassion a teacher can't connect with her students but knowing there are reasons/situations where it is either needed or not is true compassion.
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