The beauty of kids is they often do random acts of kindness. Unlike adults, said acts are almost always done without motive. (As opposed to someone, like, say ... US. We are the master of, Hey, we did something for you. So now you need to do something for us!) Anyway, there we were teaching yesterday afternoon. It's a Monday, so like the rest of the Working World, we're already a bit grumpy. Add in the Eagles getting evicted from the playoffs the day before and all of a sudden we are really grumpy. We forget the exact details, but it was a late morning class and they were struggling with the grammar. Grammar, by the way, that they should not have been struggling with. A student got out of his seat and approached us at the whiteboard. As he did, we must have had a pained look on our face, for he made a quick u-turn to his desk. Sure enough at the end of the class the same student came over to us again. "I have something for you." And with that, he took out a Joe McKnight football card and gave it to us. "I thought you would want it because he helped you win fantasy football."
Suddenly, our whole mood changed. And we were bitch-slapped back to reality. Most kids are good ones -- and we are so lucky to get to help them on their journey in life.
A simple cardboard card reminded us of that. And a random act of kindness.
Wow.
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