Reading Buber again definitely puts my world into perspective. It's so easy to put someone or something into an 'it' category. Unfortunately, most of us to this most of the time. However, if we want to be an "I" we must treat people as a "You", according to Buber.
To facilitate such an in-depth topic I struggled on how to make it fun and also make sense. One tip I used from Train Smart was an open loop. I put a quote from Buber on the white board. I didn't address it until the end of class, after we had gone through the activities and discussed what the reading meant. Once I made my way to the quote it seemed as though more lightbulbs went off in the room. Now going over a quote from Buber himself made more sense than it did at the beginning of class. It was a great tool to use in this instance.
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