A Writer's Story

This video clip basically depicts a teacher reaching out to his students.He tells his students about his childhood and stories of how he seemed "different" and told the students that it was okay to feel like your different and to be comfortable with who you are. He asked that the students talk about someone they know who seemed different and each student spoke out. I feel that this technique is unique, well- thought and ultimately effective. It gets each individual student involved in a classroom topic, reaches out to each student that being or feeling different from a disability whether physical or mentally to be comfortable with yourself. Also, it reaches out to other students that may not feel this way to see that other students are real people with real feeling and they might feel a little bit of respect should be given to those unfortunate students.

Question: This teacher made it a personal goal to reach his students by sharing something from his life. Do you think it will give the students more respect towards him or think differently of him for sharing this information?