The past two school days I have subbed a first and second grade class and boy is it a different experience but i loved it so much. Some of the students asked me "why do you talk funny?" I used to run away from this question and be like uhhh well...... However, now it shows me how much I have grown to accepting my disability and realize kids just accept me for who i am. so now the conversation goes like this:
student: "you talk funny"
me: "i know right"
student: giggles...why?
me: well i was born this way
student: oh okay
see one thing i have come to realize is that kids are just curious. they are not saying it to be mean but they are just curious. and once you explain to them then they take it and move on. simple as that. they just wanna know
this same day there was a substitute aide in the classroom. I met her one time before and she told me an interesting thought. she was like "i just love how the kids accept you like anybody else and they love you. you bring tears to my eyes when i see you teach"
it is so true. my mother always said that growing up the kids always understood what i was saying even though she had no idea. now by being a teacher for the last 6 months i really do see how the kids do not see me as a person with a disability but more like a teacher just like everyone else. isn't that amazing? it just shows how God works through you and places me with kids that understand and love me for who i am. crazy thought right?
student: "you talk funny"
me: "i know right"
student: giggles...why?
me: well i was born this way
student: oh okay
see one thing i have come to realize is that kids are just curious. they are not saying it to be mean but they are just curious. and once you explain to them then they take it and move on. simple as that. they just wanna know
this same day there was a substitute aide in the classroom. I met her one time before and she told me an interesting thought. she was like "i just love how the kids accept you like anybody else and they love you. you bring tears to my eyes when i see you teach"
it is so true. my mother always said that growing up the kids always understood what i was saying even though she had no idea. now by being a teacher for the last 6 months i really do see how the kids do not see me as a person with a disability but more like a teacher just like everyone else. isn't that amazing? it just shows how God works through you and places me with kids that understand and love me for who i am. crazy thought right?
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