We spend most of our time inside our classroom learning.

We spend most of our time inside our classroom learning..

While we are at school, we meet lots of new people and make lots of new friends..

I n o t i c e t h a t t h e p e o p l e I m ee t a t school and the friends that I make.

At school I meet people with different skin colors than mine..

I m ee t p e o p l e w i t h d i f f e r e n t a b i l i t i e s than mine..

I m ee t p e o p l e w i t h d i f f e r e n t i n t e r e s t s than mine..

I m ee t p e o p l e w h o w e a r c l o t h e s t h a t are different than mine..

I m ee t p e o p l e w h o e a t d i f f e r e n t f oo d s t h a n I u s u a l l y e a t ..

A n d s o m e t i m e s , I e v e n m ee t p e o p l e who speak different languages than I do..

B u t I k n o w t h a t e v e n t h o u g h w e m a y have differences on the outside, we are all the same on the inside..

We all feel happiness when good things happen and we all feel sadness when bad things happen..

We all come to school to learn and we all want to do our best work when we are here..

We all have families we love and that love us too..

We all deserve to be treated with respect and kindness..

I k n o w t h a t g o i n g t o s c h o o l w i t h p e o p l e who are different than me in some way is okay. It is even better than okay, it is great, b e c a u s e i t h e l p s m e g r o w e v e n s m a r t e r !.

W i t h d i f f e r e n c e s c o m e s k n o w l e d g e . I a m learning about different cultures. I am learning about different customs. I am learning about different interests, and I am learning about different languages..

I am learning about acceptance, and f r i e n d s h i p , a n d t o l e r a n c e . I k n o w t h a t I a m lucky to know so many different friends because together we are something special..