Classroom Pledge




 "As a member of World Perspectives on Health, I promise to work for the greater good of my classmates and the larger community. As part of this commitment, in discussion and debate, I promise to speak freely and respectfully and listen with equal respect and genuine desire for understanding to the speech of others. I do so to ensure that these discussions are aimed at greater understanding of the material and each other as human beings who deserve, unequivocally, both respect and freedom from unnecessary harm of any kind. When I feel threatened by another or their opinions, I promise to voice this to my classmates (or if this is too difficult, my professor) so that I also may feel safe and heard. This method of discussion is called critical thinking/debate, and it is how this world may become a place of mutual respect and understanding. I have the power to make this world through my actions."

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