This document discusses the concept of tolerance, which refers to respecting and understanding beliefs and behaviors that may differ from one's own. It emphasizes that tolerance requires bearing or suffering the actions of others even if they are disapproved of or seen as abnormal, and respecting individuals regardless of behaviors. While some positive tolerance of people is important, there are limits when it comes to intolerant beliefs or behaviors that harm others. The document advocates cultivating mutual tolerance and respect between all people to avoid conflicts and make society function properly.

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2. The word „tolerance” comes from
Latin
„tolerare”,
which means „to bear, to suffer”.

3. Psychologists
claim that
tolerance
means respecting
other people’s
beliefs or ways of
living.
(I am a tolerant person)
(and I ask you
to respect that)

4. 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.

5. Even if you don’t tolerate
somebody’s behavior,
you need to tolerate a person
itself.

6. Tolerance should be put
together with patience and
kindness and never with
anger, scorn or
indifference.

7. 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.

8. 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!)

9. 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)

10. 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You’re ugly!, you’ve got red hair, you’ve got freckles, you’re clothes are out-of-date!)

11. 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)

12. 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.

13. It’s worth to remember:
there’s no person
who tolerates everything 

14. 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…

15. 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!)

16. It’s the same with grownups who can
sometimes be even more intolerant
than children.
Being tolerant is a big thing!

17. 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.

18. 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…)

19. November 2010
• Information - http://www.tolerancja.org.pl/rodzaje-tolerancji.html
• Art works – Students SP 4 Sochaczew
• Other Graphics - Internet
Sources:
Presentation made by: Mirosława Bąkowska
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