Children are absolutely amazing!
The day was spent with a bunch of 11 years old children, working with them on their projects. They were busy working on their projects and getting ready for their exhibition. I decided to act my role and chew their brains on their projects.
I started with a child, who is usually on his teachers' radars due to his behaviour issues, but someone I bond with really well. I grilled him for over fifteen minutes with questions and he stood the heat beautifully! He was happy to answer the questions and the more I asked, the more he enjoyed the process. I finally let go my serious face and smiled. It was immediately mirrored in a beautiful, innocent smile full of pride and happiness at having successfully connected with his teacher. We teachers are indeed privileged to have such beautiful relationships with children.
As I moved on to the next child, this one called me back and asked if I could give him some feedback on how to improve! When I was offering my suggestions to him, I noticed the others giving me an interested look and soon I had three others asking me for feedback. They debated my suggestions, incorporated ones that they liked, and discarded some that they didn't agree with! (We teachers need to keep up our self-esteem at such times! :))
How amazing are these children? And why do we lose this ability as adults? We defend our work, seldom open it up for critiquing and then take the suggestions to heart instead of using them constructively.
Happiness is working with these children and gaining fresh perspectives in life each day.
The curious questions of the six years olds... "Are we a natural or a man-made resource?"............followed by the wondering ........"Or perhaps we are a woman-made resource!" tickled the heart and the head. Children's curiosity is beyond the adult spectrum and happiness is getting a peek of this sparkly, delightful area of their thinking.
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