What education should really be like...

I love kids. They're the most adorable creatures on Earth and I honestly believe that they are the only reason why the world can still be a happy place. Try for one day to view the world through the eyes of a child and you will be in awe. They see everything as something new and wonderful. Something to get excited over. Children see the world the way God intended us to see it. As a place filled with life, laughter and love.

I taught preschool for a couple of years and being with those kids changed me a lot. I am now more patient and am not easily angered. I try to look at the glass half full instead of half empty. I try to be more positive and I try to remember that you have to look at things from a different perspective. Life is beautiful just the way God intended it to be.

Which bring me to the reason why I decided to write a post. I was watching the news last night when I heard about this teacher who abused his student by embarrassing him infront of everybody. When I read about it more I learned more about the case and I can't help but feel angry. Not just angry, frustrated, irritated, furious. Why? Because how dare he call himself an educator if this is how he treats his students.



This is a child. Yes he is an young adult, yes he knows what he is doing. Yes he is aware of right and wrong and yes he should be punished for what he did. But you, being his teacher, it is your responsibility to aid him in wanting to become a better person. It is not your place to abuse him or maltreat him. It is not your place to make him suffer. You are an IDIOT. Nay, you are worse. I am so mad.

I know people can say I do not know the whole story and this boy may have deserved it. I beg to disagree. I am not going to agree to the fact that the boy deserved this kind of punishment. Yes, I do believe that he should be told off because he hurt someone, whether it was justified or not, but this is not the way to do it. My parents always told me, you can't right a wrong with another wrong. That's just making matters worse.

So this teacher doesn't deserve to be a teacher anymore. He doesn't deserve to be near kids unless he learns that this is not the way to treat any human being. I'm sorry if I'm getting all riled up. It is just something I feel VERY strongly about. If that's not obvious already, hehe. :)

I pray for a better world for all of us. We just have to learn to treat one another the way we want to be treated. With respect, love and happiness. Kids don't hold grudges and neither should we. :)

The Human Camera: Steven Wiltshire

The bu showed me a video this evening. It was of a savant, a rare condition in which people with developmental disorders have one or more areas of expertise, ability, or brilliance that are in contrast with the individual's overall limitations, who drew a 5 yard detailed panoramic picture of Rome. It was amazing. You have to see it.

Our society does not understand the world of those who are special. :) This is an amazing preview of how a savant adult can wow the world. Take a moment to watch him...



I have a soft spot for children with autism. When I was a college student I decided that I would try preschool for my practicum. I was a psychology major and this was one of the options for those in our course. I fell in love with the children from the first step I took into the classroom. It was amazing.

Then I graduated and decided I would become a preschool teacher. If you knew back when I myself used to be a student you would never have seen this coming. I was the worst student ever. My teachers had the hardest time with me. But in the end, this just made me appreciate them more.

In my first teaching job at a high end international preschool I used to be a shadow teacher for a highly functioning autistic child. He was 7 although at that time his mental age was probably around 3-4. He had trouble speaking and feeling skin sensations. You had to hold him tightly and brush his arms to calm him down. You had to speak to him the way you would speak to a 3 year old, you had to be more patient. It was hard. It was painful, I remember being sick one day and I was sitting with him and he stood up, walked to a far place and ran back towards me, I was so excited only to feel a remarkably heavy hand hit me right smack in the middle of my head. Working with Special Children had it's disadvantages, especially for the thin weak teachers like me. But what made me fall in love with teaching was the fact that one day, while waiting for his other classmates to come in...my little boy spoke his first full sentence on his own. It was amazing, I was nearly in tears. You see all your hardwork pay off and then everything you had to go through just melted away. All that mattered was that I was there, he was there and I helped him learn.

Sadly, I'm not teaching anymore although it is something I terribly miss. I miss my students who have made me fall in love with them. I miss my favorites who despite their naughtiness are the sweetest, smartest things God has ever put in this world. My only wish is that one day, everyone get to experience what it's like to live like a child. Carefree and innocent. :)