Today one of my students commented that I act "just like a kid". He was serious......I laughed. His comments made me keep a closer watch on my students today and you know what conclusion I've come to? WE SHOULD ALL ACT JUST LIKE KIDS. Here are my top 5 reasons why
1. Kids forgive! Seriously when have you ever seen a kid hold a grudge? To quote Katt Williams I'm going to answer with NOT NEVER! lol You can yell at a kid one minute and five minutes later the kid will be back smiling and doing whatever you ask him/her to do. They forget easily and it is that forgetfulness that makes them forgive easily. We as adults tend to hold on to things for too long. A man holds on to a broken heart for years. A woman holds on to the past hurts of former lovers for years. Friends go months without talking over a simple misunderstanding. This is too much. How much simpler would the world and our lives be if we could simply learn how to forgive and move on. Kids do it everyday :)
2. Kids have fun with simple things. Kids dont need 1000 dollars, a plane ticket or fancy clothes. They use what they have and find a way to have fun. It always amazes me how a simple game of heads up seven up is the best time of the day for my students. At times I look at them with a confused face wondering "heads up seven up? Really? How many times have we played this game?" It doesnt matter. We could play it everyday and the students would still find a way to have fun with it. I dont know if its written in the rule books or something but most adults lack the ability have fun. They lack the ability to sit back, laugh and have a good time. Everything is always so serious. Those same worries that we have today will probably be there tomorrow so stop, enjoy the breeze and laugh for goodness sakes. And where did the idea that money must be spent to have a good time come from? I sometimes have the time of my life riding down the street talking to my son. Corny I know but its fun and by the time we get home I've laughed until whatever was worrying me is gone. You should try it sometime.
3. Kids are helpers. Kids are the epitome of the word volunteer. Hell some kid somewhere probably invented the word. Seriously. I dont care how dirty the job is, how big the task is, if you ask a kid he'll jump at the chance to do it. Kids LOVE to volunteer. Within my classroom I have helpers for every task.....a recyling helper, a cafeteria manager, a teacher helper yada yada yada...you get the point. You'd be amazed how much these "jobs" mean to the kids. It also always amazes me how a kid will willingly give up a piece of paper for a fellow classmate who is without paper or a pencil for the classmate who lost his/her pencil. The classmate does not even have to be a friend or close associate. I wonder, when was the last time YOU helped an individual. When was the last time you gave of your services, your time, your materials to help someone who was in need of it? For most these questions require thought. How often has someone asked you for the spare change in your car and you've responded with a NO....or my personal favorite, pretending you dont see them there begging. :/
4. Kids love! Kids love you even when you dont deserve to be loved. I think that is the one quality that I admire most about them. They love their teachers, their parents, their siblings, their friends...they love everyone. Their little hearts are full of it. They love to hug and no matter what is said or done to them their love does not go away. A child will love his mother despite the fact that she's a crackhead. A child will love their father despite the fact that he's a deadbeat. A child will love their teacher despite the fact that she tells him everyday that he will never amount to anything. Take that same situation(crackhead, deadbeat, abuser) and place an adult in it and watch how fast that love is replaced with hate, bitterness and distance. This is what I love about children, their unconditional love. This love brings tears to my eyes.
5. Kids dont see color. Its always been my theory that if you take a white child and a black child and put them together WITHOUT adults, the kids will not notice their color. They will play. They will become friends. Its not the kids...its the stupid adults who sprew their hatred and taint innocent children. Children dont see color. Children see fun. Children see a little boy or girl who is interested in the same things that they are. Children see classmates. Children see friends. Children see a lot but race is not one of them for they judge other children not by the color of their skins but by the content of their hearts. What a world this would be if adults could do the same? If adults could look beyond who is white, brown, black, green or purple and treat people 1. how they would want to be treated and 2. based on what type of people they ARE instead of what they look like.
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