I feel that animals in the classroom can be an affect way to teach empathy, responsibility, and so much more. Animals are relaxing to look at, talk too, and interact with. Animals help to connect students that may feel shy, or overwhelmed to the classroom in ways that people cannot. I do not have any thoughts on how to incorporate an animal into the classroom. The schools that I have worked at do not and did not allow animals in the classroom due to the possibility of illness, bacteria, and other health issues of having small children exposed to the animals.