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When kids do the wrong things, we get mad, but usually that’s not the first thing on our mind. Sometimes, we tend to laugh, cry, or display any positive emotion, not because we are facing kids, because of what they do. Is it their innocence, their gullibility, their honestly or what? Well, it depends, but it doesn’t matter. Kids are kids. Soon they will become adults and then other adults, who were kids before, will get mad at them. For now, let’s give them a break, and enjoy their company before the world pressures them when all hell breaks loose (and maybe discipline them here and there just to avoid things getting completely out of hand. We don’t want irresponsible citizens, don’t we? We want happy, loving and [insert postitive attitudes, characteristics, virtues and the like here].

Let’s examine a few examples I heard after last night’s dinner. My sister was pre-school teacher at Golden Angels (kids there were as young as ten months old to around fourtee years old – so sad there wre slow kids) and has experienced these:

• They were having a lesson on “the sound of ____.”
  And so the co-teacher went: “What is the sound of a cat?”
  “Meow,” they replied.
  She continued: “What’s the sound of a pig?”
  “Oink, oink,” they shouted.Soon, the lesson came an end and started a new lesson: the alphabet. They were taught how the letters were pronounced and were given examples like ” ‘J’, juh, juh juh. Jam.”

  The co-teacher then asked: “What is the sound of the letter ‘C’ ?”
  Altogether, the class said: ” kuh, kuh, kuh. Cat.”
  All of them said that except one kid, who’s really smart in some areas but slow in some others. He thought the letter C was an animal and said: “Grrrrr!”

• In another session, they started class about bad habbits.
  “Who knows what a bad habbit is?” the teacher started.
  A student enthusiastically stood up while raising his hand and said: “Teacher, teacher! I know what a bad habbit is!!!”
  “Yes, Bobby*. Can you tell us what a bad habbit is?”
  Bobby* replied: “Teacher, teacher! A bad habbit is Gollum.”
• During another session, Bobby* was asked who her mother was and he replied: “My mother is Arwen!”

Let’s talk about Bobby*: First of all, why the “*”? Well, that’s just a name I assigned to him. I forgot his name…well, like it would matter anyway. Why did he answer the way he did? Upon looking at his background, the teachers discovered that his mother was a big Lord of the Rings fan. Who do we blame? Well, who can we blame? The kid for being all innocent and all? Or do we blame the mother for being a LotR fan? Neither would seem sensible. We can’t help but smile Bobby* is just so cute. Same goes with the first one.

But what if a high school or college student or even an adult makes similar mistakes? Well, he will be drowning in a pool of laughter and humiliation. He will face hours, days, weeks or years of insults and so on. Either this or something to a similar result. You get my point? Sometimes, that’s why life seems easier as a kid. On the other hand, some people don’t take kids seriously. That’s the main reason why these mistakes are easily dropped as if nothing happened.

Me? I love kids. I love it when kids smile. I hate it when kids cry. I don’t know what to do when kids argue with adults. I feel a lot of connection with kids and hate it when I have to turn against them. After all, I haven’t even reached my twenties yet. I don’t know if you consider me a kid but I believe that the inner child will not leave me.

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