在老师的新善举活动中，孩子们听着别人的故事哭了

在老师的新善举活动中，孩子们听着别人的故事哭了

For some people, teaching is not just a job — it’s a calling. These teachers genuinely care about their students’ lives and problems and aren’t just waiting for the school day to end quicker.

对有些人来说，教书不仅仅是一份工作，更是一种使命。这些老师真诚地关心学生的生活和问题，不只是等着放学快点结束。

One brilliant teacher who deeply cares about the kids in her class is Karen Wunderlich Loewe, an English Language Arts teacher at Collinsville Middle School, in Oklahoma. She cares about her students’ emotional and mental wellbeing so much, she tried out ‘The Baggage Activity’ in school, with astounding results.

卡伦·温德利希·洛伊是一位才华横溢的老师，她非常关心班上的孩子。她非常关心学生的情绪和心理健康，她在学校尝试了“行李活动”，取得了惊人的效果。

A teacher at Collinsville Middle School did ‘The Baggage Activity’…

Collinsville中学的一位老师做了“包袱活动”……

Kids anonymously wrote down what’s hurting or bothering them (i.e. their ‘baggage’) on a piece of paper, scrunched it up, and put it in a bag. Then, they all took turns reading them out loud. Those who wanted to, admitted that it was their baggage they were talking about. The students’ stories were heartrendingly raw.

孩子们匿名地在一张纸上写下伤害或困扰他们的东西(即他们的“行李”)，把它揉成一团，放进袋子里。然后，他们轮流大声朗读。那些想这么做的人承认，他们谈论的是自己的包袱。学生们的故事骇人听闻。

In class, you would rarely expect kids to talk about death, cancer, suicide, drug-use in the family, as well as parents going to prison. But that’s exactly what they talked about with their teacher Karen. This makes you realize the type of emotional weight that some school kids have to carry on their shoulders every day.

在课堂上，你很少会想到孩子们会谈论死亡、癌症、自杀、家庭吸毒，以及父母入狱。但这正是他们和老师凯伦谈论的话题。这让你意识到一些学校的孩子每天都要背负的情感负担。

However, there were flashes of (dark) comedy to be found in the classroom as well. For example, one of the kids said that their gerbil died ‘because it was fat.’ Alas, poor gerbil, we hardly knew ye.

然而，教室里也有(黑暗)喜剧的闪光。例如，一个孩子说他们的沙鼠死“因为它太胖了”。“唉，可怜的沙鼠，我们几乎不认识你。

According to the teacher, this was one of the most impactful days ever

据老师说，这是最具影响力的一天

According to Karen, this was one of the most emotional days she’s ever had as a teacher. Lots of people were affected by her story. When she shared it on Facebook, it went viral and now has nearly a million likes and over 637,000 shares. Any teacher is able to follow in Karen’s footsteps, but it doesn’t necessarily mean doing ‘The Baggage Activity.’

凯伦说，这是她当老师以来最激动的一天。许多人都被她的故事感动了。当她在Facebook上分享这张照片时，它像病毒一样迅速传播开来，现在已经有近100万个赞和超过63.7万次分享。任何老师都可以追随卡伦的脚步，但这并不一定意味着要做“包袱活动”。

Teach Hub explains that any teacher is capable of helping their students deal with difficult periods in their lives, say when their parents are getting divorced or one of their family members is seriously ill.

Teach Hub解释说，任何老师都有能力帮助他们的学生应对生活中的困难时期，比如当他们的父母离婚或其中一个家庭成员重病时。

Teachers provide consistency and a routine that helps students have a firm foundation to stand on, no matter what is happening outside of school. So help bring some order to your students’ lives. Furthermore, teachers who are compassionate and reinforce their students’ strengths will help them flourish. This way, the kids will also feel important and wanted, not neglected.

无论校外发生什么事，老师都能提供一个稳定的日常工作，帮助学生打下坚实的基础。所以，帮助你的学生的生活恢复一些秩序吧。此外，富有同情心并能增强学生力量的老师会帮助他们茁壮成长。这样，孩子们也会觉得自己很重要，被需要，而不是被忽视。

Image credits: karen.loewe