2a. What does the following phrase mean, and what you think about it? “…emotions trump learning.”

I'm reminded of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. We cannot learn and participate in the classroom until we feel safe and our emotional and physical needs are met first. I love the quote that says "They don't care how much you know, until you show them how much you care." I believe that students need to feel validated and emotionally excepted in your classroom before they can open their minds to learning. It means that we should take care of our students emotional needs before we worry about teaching them the curriculum.