So this summer I started working officially working at my mom's summer school. Now I actually get paid for teaching little kids how to add, multiply, and write neatly. This sounds like an easy task right? WRONG!
On Sunday, some SMT Korea team members gave their testimony on how God affected their lives through the trip, and one thing I noticed about the testimonies was that it always talked about how crazy the little kids were. I was like, "Oh ya. I can totally relate." Then they talked about how the kids opened up to them and now they love them, and I totally understand that, being that I've been to SMT Korea twice.
Kids are the craziest little monsters that ever walked the earth. I realized that to deal with them, you need a Godly amount of patience. And I emphasize "Godly". The kids at SMT Korea opened up, but these are not SMT Korean kids. These are kids that do not want to be learning anything over the summer and who will not do anything unless they are screamed at. And I really hate screaming at kids. That's when I get really ugly, and I don't think anyone has ever seen me angry before.
I've known a lot of these kids for a while, but they don't see me as Teacher Daniel. They see me as Daniel or DK. They think I'm their friend; but come on, they are here to get ahead of everyone else and I don't want their parent's money to go to waste. Am I just being too nice? Is the only way to deal with kids to yell at them? Really? I don't want to believe that, but I am slowly starting to give in.
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