Leah C. FowlerNarrative understanding is a large part of the ability to connect with, understand, and have compassion for all of us engaged in learning more about being human.
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Narrative understanding is a large part of the ability to connect with, understand, and have compassion for all of us engaged in learning more about being human. This quote is talking about how we can learn things more easily when we have a story about it. A good way to have a better understanding is to have many human experiences that you can relate to. Narrative understanding is important because it helps us get better at understanding different people’s ways of thinking, feeling, and relating to one another.
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