Sometimes I wonder why children are at times forced to deal with a degree of pain that most adults cannot handle easily.
There are some terrible things in the world, and I just wish there was a way to protect kids from this ugliness. Obviously, this isn't possible, and certainly working through horrible events can be character-building and an opportunity for growth. The greatest devastation can ultimately give the most valuable lessons.
I just wish you could get those things without the pain. Or maybe I just wish there was some sort of age line so it doesn't happen to kids. Or some sort of warning. Maybe a little heads-up.
My heart and thoughts and prayers are with your family, both biological and the greater community.
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Being a teacher gives you a front row seat to some awful things. Years ago I was a 9th grade English teacher, and the stories my students told me were heartbreaking. I had to report a parent for abuse-- and I was only there one year.
ReplyDeleteI think it goes against the grain of a mother, especially, to see a child suffer.
I'm having to sit by and watch kids I love (not mine) got through some really tough times. It sucks, but unfortunately there really isn't any way to make things better. The parents are clueless, and taking the kids away from their parents is not always the "right" thing to do either. The best thing I do is just make sure my own kids never have to deal with those types of things, that they get as much love as I can possibly give them.
ReplyDeleteI think you're right ... it's hard to knock back the "mother" inside you when your students are in crisis. Sometimes this is not such a good thing, but often it's a real gift for students to know that their teachers care about them more than as "some kid who always gets As on tests" or "that loser who never turns in his homework." Ah, the noblest--and most challenging--profession ...
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see, Eric, that you've gotten to the same point Pythagorus and I have. We do what we can for all children, but we strive especially hard to make sure that our own kids will never want for basics like love.
Unfortunately, this tragedy was an act of nature. Good people all around ... and in a way, that makes it even worse. Kids want an enemy, and they don't understand that sometimes there is no enemy, just a twist of the wheel of fate.