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| A chip off the block |
| 06.07.04 (11:47 am) [edit] |
Yesterday I went back to classroom for the first time in three months. I was a Sunday school teacher for a group of grade four’s. This is the commencement of my summer term. In the winter term there were on average 14 kids in my class – five boys and nine girls – and boy, were they a fun bunch to work with!
Although I could tell every Sunday morning how excited (or not) they were about being lectured, we were always happy to meet. From time to time though some of the boys could be a handful. I remember our first class was a total chaos. I felt like being run over by stampede of highly energetic kids afterwards. Then, law and order were restored the following week after I came up with a reward system and a few simple rules. And after a few ‘demonstrations’, I got their attention and respect.
It can be difficult to read kids, as they are one of the groups most often being stereotyped, in my opinion. We just don’t have time to understand them. We are too busy feeding them food and knowledge, and whatever else we think is good for them or can occupy them to free us up. How often do parents really get to know their kids? I think the most common impression is that kids are an apple off the tree, or a chip off the block, that they can’t be that different from their parents. Apparently, we can be in for quite a surprise.
If the theory and survey were correct about kids having their own personality, I wonder how difficult in that case it would be for the parents to raise them without realizing it. It must have been a constant struggle of will power. How can anyone be happy in that case? Home is just like a battle ground or a boot camp. Fortunately, I think there is hope, and harmony is not difficult to achieve...
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