When I taught school in the seventies, we still used the chalk board. Near the end of the day, one child would be given the privilege of erasing the board and then taking the erasers just outside to dust them against a tree.
The kids thought this was a great treat until one day, one of my helpers came back with a frown. "What's wrong?" I asked him. He said, "Johnny from the other second grade class was dusting erasers, too. He said in his class it is a punishment for the child who has misbehaved that day."
I guess it is all in how you look at it!
Anyway, one thing I tried to do as a teacher, was to reassure the child who had misbehaved that day, that all was forgiven and we would start over fresh the next day.
I thank God that He is like that with me.
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Amen to that!
Hope you have a good day.
We got RAIN finally!
A sweet post ~ Thanks for visiting me today.
What a beautiful concept! Love it!! Enjoy your day!
so true.
What a difference our perspective makes. Cleaning the chalk board and erasers was a privilege when I was in school too.And isn't it interesting the attitude of the child doing it as a privilege did not change the other boys' attitude, rather, the reverse.
What a cute story! Perspective makes such a difference.
Yes, we have such a forgiving Father. Loved the picture of the little one at the chalk board. I was also a teacher's aide (elementary school through eighth grade), never knew where I would be that day. :)
~Sheri
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