I know of one young man who is very deficient in empathy. Upon learning his uncle fell one evening and badly bruised his knees and hand, instead of showing concerns, he started saying how he himself fell so many times before and recounted the number of his bones he had broken when he was a boy. “It is a different story for you to fall and break bones. You are so young and can recover quickly while your uncle is more than twice your age,” I was thinking to myself. 

To be sure, this young man has a rather high IQ, yet, I would think no education is complete without the development of empathy, which might explain why some humanity courses are the must for all majors even in MIT.  I am sure my children would read the message from this.