My primary 1 tutee totally surprised me today. He was being less cooperative than usual, which was already quite bad to say the least. I was quite frazzled after work already due to this assignment that I almost couldn't finish in time. So, I got quite pissed and made him do his work without his chair. As expected, he refused to get off his chair. And I actually dragged him off his chair and kicked the chair away. Sounds so aggressive. But it didn't cause too much violence and commotion I hope, because I was so much stronger than him. And the chair merely slid away without so much as a sound. He seemed unharmed, only abashed. Okay, now thinking about it, it was probably the wrong way to teach a child coz it will just breed violence but what's done cannot be undone. At least that was effective and he picked up his pencil to continue his assessment book again. After that, he actually offered me a chewing gum and gave me a hug from behind all of a sudden. O.o I was totally stunned. And he looked really happy when I showed him the two assessment books I bought for him. XD Im really bewildered okay. He's actually happy that he has to do more work. Anyway, today's incident is definitely the first and the last for me. I don't know why I came that close to violence today and luckily, his parents don't seem to mind that there's someone else taking their child in hand. It just brings me back to the point that children are so much easier to handle than adults. They are so much more forgiving and humble in that sense. So much more big-hearted as well. A pity university's going to start soon.
