Last year I taught kids and noticed how distractable they are. They don't have patience and they're bored and they want to be entertained every minute. This year, I think in the whole summer, there was only one like that. Well, there were a few who just weren't old enough or savvy enough for the class material, but that's not what I'm talking about. The contentment of doing something yourself, in your own way; an adaptive creativity that allows someone to draw or paint and try to match the image in their mind to the medium.... this is what I saw this year.
There were little kids truly appreciative of each other and not threatened by the success of others. I heard them say to each other that their work was adorable and helping each other learn.
I've never gotten to a place where I didn't see hope for the human race but I didn't have much faith in these kids last year, and I see good things this time around.
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