Today I was struck by the maturity of a second grader. She seems to be a lot like I was as a child in personality, but I think she is more mature and less stubborn than I was!
I was having a good day again helping out in second grade, and then at the very end of the class something happened which didn’t involve me. As I was about to leave, the child who had been involved in the incident came over to the teacher and asked to speak with her. She said that she was sorry about the incident, and that next time she would make a better choice.
Oh, how I wish I spoke and heard these words more often. As adults we tend to get all high and mighty, thinking that we are right all the time, we had a right to act the way we did, or even if we admit to ourselves that what we did may have been wrong, we find it very hard to admit it to others. We have to save face. We have to stick to our guns.
But wouldn’t the world be a better place if we were able to admit our mistakes more readily and decide that next time we will make a better choice in our actions?
I learn from these kids every time I am with them.
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