If you don’t have a child in elementary school, you might have forgotten the sights, sounds and smells of school. Children come at a person with speed, wit, surprising widsom, lack of logic, silliness, lack of attention, a trainload of baggage from home and growly tummies.
If you’ve forgotten the sensation of being a kid, visit an elementary school. Sure, you’ll have to get permission, and convince them that you aren’t a scary, stalker type person, but the hassle could be worth your time in the memories it evokes, if for nothing else.
The following two photos are from an actual second grade classroom.
Five basic rules for two different concepts. Nothing major or groundbreaking.
But definitely missing in society on an all too frequent basis.
I know grown adults who don’t get these concepts.
I know teenagers who have yet to learn these basics.
I don’t always 100% of the time follow these rules, but I am aware of them and try to be a good listener and a good speaker. Sure I fall short at times.
Seems like common sense. But often what passes as common sense is simply something we learned as young children, as second graders, as tots at mom’s knee, out in the yard from pops, while shucking corn with Grandma.
I could be wrong, but I think second grade teachers know more about real life than most of us give them credit for.
Makes sense to me.
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