Hahahaha! I just heard one of my students say "I don't know, you tell me" -something I have come to say commonly. This is a result of someone asking a silly question that they really DO know the answer to, but just want to hear someone else say it. And can I just say, being a teacher, particularly to some of these children, feels like being a broken record sometimes. "Shhh!" "It's silent reading time, be quiet" "what do I do now" -refering to Math problems and "how DO you spell it?" -wanting them to actually think before I help them find the answer.
Sometimes I vary between feeling like a teacher, and a mother.
On another note, I have come to thoroughly dislike the words "I don't know" because the truth is, you really do. You know. You're either just not sure how to say it yet, or too lazy to figure out how.
The first type is a lot more acceptable to me than the second, because it at least means that you are willing to try to express yourself. Maybe it's just my impatience with lack of effort.
I've been thinking a lot about whether these kids are ready for 4th grade, and it's been interesting to have been away, and come back, seeing where they are from a more distant perspective. For the most part, yes, they are. And then there are those who, I'm really not so sure about. Will they have the support they need from their home life in order to cope with 4th grade? is a real question I've been asking. Because teaching and learning doesn't just happen at school. It needs to continue, and for the most part, take place, in the home. What are we teaching our kids? Are we teaching them crude language and ill manners, or are they learning the value of kindness, the worth of one person, and the importance of being honest?
Are they learning the lessons that will strengthen them and help them to stand strong in righteousness and truth from us, or will they have to discover that themselves, from others who exemplify Christ-like love and teachings?
Just something to think about, and maybe, this is an I don't know, that will only be evident in time.
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