By Alicia Polo, Colegio Nueva Granada reporter | The wonderful thing about gratitude is that every person shows gratitude in a different way, according to Fernanda Rojas, a fourth-grade teacher known as Ms. Fer at CNG, an international school in Bogota, Colombia.
โIt is important to practice gratitude because you can feel different after showing gratitude,โ she said. โWhen you show gratitude, it does not only make you feel better, it makes someone feel better about what you are saying to that person.โ
Hugs, handshakes, saying โthank you,โ and offering to help are all ways to show gratitude. โฬShowing gratitude is sitting with a kid who is alone in recess,โ Ms. Fer said.
Ms. Fer recalled the time she went to the doctor with her mother and the doctor said her mom was free of cancer. โThese are some examples of things the people are thankful, or maybe you are thankful for you dog or cat, sister or anything, but every one of us are thankful for something,โ she said.
Illustration by Alicia Polo
