A teacher recalled a classroom moment that will bring tears to your eyes. As she mentioned, something happened that completely caught her off guard. Watch the short but heartwarming clip to hear the educator discuss an event in her classroom that will likely make you shed a tear or two.
Teaching is in no way an easy job, and anyone who says or thinks otherwise is simply wrong; there is just no other way to put it. It’s an immensely important position, but it is incredibly challenging. Those men and women are entrusted with the task of educating little ones, imparting knowledge and lessons that will, hopefully, propel them forward in life.
Educating youngsters is a tall task in and of itself, but add in someone who doesn’t want to learn, or worse, is disruptive in the classroom and hurts others’ educational opportunities, and the job difficulty multiplies considerably. But often, behind those disruptive or bullying behaviors is a student who has been hurt. As the saying goes, hurt people hurt people.
In a clip posted on YouTube, a teacher mentions that she had a disruptive, bullying student in her classroom. She admitted that this student was a lot and took out his frustration and hurt on those around him. However, something happened during what she refers to as “class meetings” that threw her for a loop.
The teacher mentioned that during one class meeting, a child in her class said that her father had packed up his belongings and left the night before. None of the other students or the teacher knew what to say or how to respond, but then a hand shot up. It was the hand of the difficult and disruptive student.
“Now, my heart stopped because I’m like, ‘What is this child going to say? Is he going to make a joke? Is he going to make the situation worse?’” she thought to herself.
But when she called on the young man, he said something that she did not see coming.
“And this child, what some would call a mean child, looked at this crying girl, and said, ‘Just know that it’s not your fault and it’s going to be OK,’” the teacher recalled.
Romans 12:10 “Be kind to one another with a brother’s love, putting others before yourselves in honor.”