Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum – A Valuable Resource for Students

I am not a math person. Biology and chemistry were never really my thing either. I always dreaded my STEM classes and rarely had any motivation to work hard. Even so, I had no choice but to take twelve whole years of a subject I had absolutely no interest in. Now, as a junior in college. I can happily say I have not taken a math or science class since my senior year of high school. Lucky me…right? 

Now I get to take classes that I’ve spent my whole life yearning to engage in. As a Communications major, social and emotional learning plays a big part in my curriculum. I’ve taken a bunch of courses from ‘Interpersonal Communication’ to ‘Small Group Communication’ that all teach the importance of these life skills. Without a doubt, these have some of the most enjoyable classes that I have ever taken—K-12 included. 

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