Tag: Named
June 5, 2022–Noticed, Named, and Known
Drew Tucker, Columbus, OH Warm-up Question How do you know that you belong in a community? What are the signs from a community that indicate you might not belong there? Noticed, Named, and Known Recent research about Gen Z from the Springtide Research Institute suggests that a combination of three things leads to young people, aged 13-25, feeling like they belong in school: being noticed, named, and known by a community. Paying attention to someone, noticing rather than ignoring them, increases that person’s sense of connectedness. Greeting someone, holding the door for them, blessing them after a sneeze—all are simple…