This I Believe

It was hard for me to decide what to write about for this reflection. While I was letting my mind wander during Calculus it came to me. I believe in learning and the desire to learn. During my senior year in high school I taught a kindergarten religion class at my church. In previous years I had taught with another catechist, so this was my first time being on my own. This class was a learning experience for both the children and me.
One experience that in a weird way cemented this belief occurred during our first class. I had finished reading the story of creation and the children had a lot of questions. I took questions until they started getting silly: "Did God create this crayon?" another voice would chime in "What about this crayon?" I was about to send them back to their seats for a worksheet when one boy politely raised his hand.
" Yes Kevin?"
He waited a couple seconds before answering, "Did God make boobies?"
His classmates looked from me to him and back. They were waiting for my reaction. At this point I chose to repeat our classroom rules and give him a warning that if another incident occurred he would have to visit the principal.
This was a tricky situation but at that point I realized how much I appreciatedt he children that were putting in the effort to learn even if they were a little silly at times. Also I was able to begin learning how to teach. I loved how curious the kids were and from week to week I saw them remembering new things and at the end of the year when we played our own version of Jeopardy they were excited about how much they could recall from the entire year and I was amazed that I had been able to teach them so much.