Yes, it is interesting that some of my students lack what it sometimes seems to be an ounce of compassion. There are three things to keep in mind, though. First, we’re doing an academic study of the Bible. While that doesn’t negate faith issues, it makes the study a little different. Second, the course is required for them to graduate, so they’re not all there because they want to be. Third, the students I teach are relatively affluent; their parents are high-priced attorneys, doctors, VPs, CEOs, plus, many of them go to school in the affluent community in which they live, so their exposure to the outside world, for many of them, is quite limited. They just don’t know much about the world around them. So many of them don’t know how to show compassion. I try to take those types of conversations and turn them into teachable moments. Sometimes it works. It worked for some that day. Not many, though.

What surprises me is that your students are studying the Bible, yet some show very little compassion for people like Britney. That I just don’t get.

BTW, thanks for the quote from my South Side Star!