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The word „tolerance” comes from Latin

„tolerare”,

which means „to bear, to suffer”.

Psychologistsclaim that

tolerance

means respecting other people’s

beliefs or ways of living.

(I am a tolerant person)

(and I ask you to respect that)

Tolerance is a term used to describe other people’s

attitudes and behaviors which may be disapproved

consciously or unconsciously or treated by us as abnormal,

nevertheless we try to respect them.

Even if you don’t tolerate somebody’s behavior,

you need to tolerate a person itself.

Tolerance should be put together with patience and kindness and never with

anger, scorn or indifference.

We speak about positive tolerance when it comes to people, therefore

there might be place for limited negative tolerance when it comes

to beliefs and behaviors.

These two types of tolerance have been selected by specialists exploring interpersonal relations in different cultures and societies.

Tolerance cannot only mean accepting other people’s beliefs

or behaviors. It must also mean respecting and understanding

(or at least trying to understand) those

beliefs that may seem to be strange,

unknown or we can’t agree with.

(I’ve got nothing against Martian people, but I want to kick your blue head!)

Tolerance is a foundation of democracy and an open society, it enables concrete discussion without unnecessary aggression or quarrel.

(rysunek Tolerance distroys the borders, joins people)

Unfortunately lack of tolerance can sometimes

mean persecution, harassment

or even assault.

by Zosia Rejman(Why doesn’t anybody want to play with me? I’d like to play with you but my friends will not aprrove You stink! You’re poor! You’re ugly!, you’ve got red hair, you’ve got freckles, you’re clothes are out-of-date!)

You may come to the conclusion that even

tolerance must have its limits.

That’s why teachers at school

should tolerate peculiar clothes or haircuts of their pupils but they mustn’t tolerate their

wrong behavior towards other pupils or themselves, swearwords or any other form

of intolerance.

(No tolerance for violence at school)

In order to make the school society work properly, there’s a need for mutual tolerance (between the pupils and

teachers).

It’s the only way to reach an agreement and avoid conflicts.

It’s worth to remember:

there’s no person who tolerates everything

We sometimes find out that we don’t agree with other about some things while usually we consider ourselves as

tolerant. We tolerate other for being late, for different colour of skin or religious beliefs…,

but…

Small kids usually choose to play only with children who have the same brand new clothes or the

newest games and don’t approve poorer kids with cheaper clothes. These kids classify other people

due to their wealth and not because

of who they are or what they can.

by Dorota Marcinkowska

(different doesn’t mean worse)

(Respect others! She’s a cyborg! She’s going to explode! No, it’s not true I am ill. I’m diabetes!)

It’s the same with grownups who can sometimes be even more intolerant

than children.

Being tolerant is a big thing !

Let’s look around and notice that everyone has not only the right to choose his religion, way of life but also to his own clothes style

and we should all respect that and not laugh at this person.

We should leave others live their own lifes as they want it.

Only then we can truly say we are being tolerant.

by Przemek Drużny by Zuzia Ziarek

by Sandra Marcinkowska

by Magdalena Wojtusiak

(Wait, I’ll help you. Thank you for your help.)

(let’s tolerate each other)(Look at her! What is she wearing! Ha, ha…)

November 2010

• Information - http://www.tolerancja.org.pl/rodzaje-tolerancji.html

• Art works – Students SP 4 Sochaczew

• Other Graphics - Internet

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Presentation made by: Mirosława Bąkowska

by Wiktoria Albinowskaby Olga Liberek