DISCUSSION EXERCISE
The class can discuss the qualities of hair and their anxieties about it. What is the significance of these anxieties? What does the term “good” hair mean? Isn’t all hair created equal? Are there standards of beauty that some people try to emulate that elevate one culture or ethnicity over another? Focus on accepting human differences as normal.

DISCUSSION EXERCISE
Class discussion can center on what happens when people obsessively focus on disliking certain physical aspects of themselves. How do these feelings affect your performance in school, your ability to socialize with others and make friends?

DISCUSSION EXERCISE
Very often negative comments from others represent envy (or misunderstanding), rather than criticism. Discuss how this could be so. The discussion could focus on what it means to be “different,” and on how important it is to understand and accept such “differences.”