Many students walk into our classrooms, and their teachers don't have an idea of where they live or the experiences they have lived (Noddings, 2005, p.66). How can we demonstrate caring, compassion, and interest in our students' emotional and also educational well-being? Wlodkowski and Ginsberg (1995) argue that this may be achieved by establishing a classroom atmosphere in which educators are aware of the students' cultural, ethnic, social,...