more and less

excerpted from an email I received from a colleague-

"...the more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the students,

the more we can cut through oblique and dehumanizing perceptions and generalities and stereotypes of students,

the more we can herald each student as a sacred and noble and unique human being,

the more we can focus on the faith and hope and love for each student,

the more we can cast a bright spotlight on their"becoming,"

the more we can learn and accept and apply what is being learned about learning,

the less taste we'll have for the negative and destructive"