My colleague in the Elem. Dept. told this story to me....
While having class with preschoolers one day, a boy named Andre blurted out in front of the teacher: "I have eggs!" The teacher heard the child and looked at him. "You have what?" "EGGS!" said the child. “I have two eggs!” He said out loud. The teacher looked quietly at the child again before asking, "where?" The child who was sitting on his chair and leaning on his desk moved away and pointed below to his eggs between his legs. "I have eggs! two!"
Isn't it amazing or funny or maybe you were even shocked by this story. But when Andre said all of those things he was serious. He actually said it in a matter of fact.
Sometimes we can't really under estimate younger children.... I remember reading a book about The Little Prince by Saint Exupery...."Grown ups doesn't see things the way children does..." Being a teacher, I try to look at things through a child's eyes in the way he views or percept the world. Children can be brutally frank and grown ups tend to take it as inappropriate behavior... Sometimes, we adults, forget that we were children once and we used to see things the same way. However, we were too eager to grow up. Because we don’t want to be told by our parents that we have to go to bed or to eat vegetables and to drink milk.... Out of our desire to grow fast and please the adult people so that they will accept us; we are forced to grow up and follow what society dictates or expect us to be. Hence, we have forgotten our childhood and the wonderful way we used to see things in the same honest way a child looks at his/her surroundings.... So by the time when we reach adulthood, we are too pressured. We are no longer a child but a living robot to this world.
It may be a sad story, but ‘tis true! However, there is good news… No matter how old you are, there is still a child inside you...inside your heart…. It’s screaming and kicking to be out! ...you must learn to laugh again... laugh as loud as u can… as loud as you used to do when you were still a kid… laugh loudly without a care… be less serious... loosen up and giggle!!! Don’t just smile... and you will see.... being young at heart is the secret to a wonderful, happy and longer life… so live your life because life is short, live it to the fullest while you can!
While having class with preschoolers one day, a boy named Andre blurted out in front of the teacher: "I have eggs!" The teacher heard the child and looked at him. "You have what?" "EGGS!" said the child. “I have two eggs!” He said out loud. The teacher looked quietly at the child again before asking, "where?" The child who was sitting on his chair and leaning on his desk moved away and pointed below to his eggs between his legs. "I have eggs! two!"
Isn't it amazing or funny or maybe you were even shocked by this story. But when Andre said all of those things he was serious. He actually said it in a matter of fact.
Sometimes we can't really under estimate younger children.... I remember reading a book about The Little Prince by Saint Exupery...."Grown ups doesn't see things the way children does..." Being a teacher, I try to look at things through a child's eyes in the way he views or percept the world. Children can be brutally frank and grown ups tend to take it as inappropriate behavior... Sometimes, we adults, forget that we were children once and we used to see things the same way. However, we were too eager to grow up. Because we don’t want to be told by our parents that we have to go to bed or to eat vegetables and to drink milk.... Out of our desire to grow fast and please the adult people so that they will accept us; we are forced to grow up and follow what society dictates or expect us to be. Hence, we have forgotten our childhood and the wonderful way we used to see things in the same honest way a child looks at his/her surroundings.... So by the time when we reach adulthood, we are too pressured. We are no longer a child but a living robot to this world.
It may be a sad story, but ‘tis true! However, there is good news… No matter how old you are, there is still a child inside you...inside your heart…. It’s screaming and kicking to be out! ...you must learn to laugh again... laugh as loud as u can… as loud as you used to do when you were still a kid… laugh loudly without a care… be less serious... loosen up and giggle!!! Don’t just smile... and you will see.... being young at heart is the secret to a wonderful, happy and longer life… so live your life because life is short, live it to the fullest while you can!
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