Children and Lessons of life...

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance :D . I have to admit with modesty, that I am super-patient... In my daily interaction with 6 year olds, I have learnt a lot of things. It is my pleasure to enlighten you..

1) Every moment in a child's life is a new moment, not based on the past, present or the future. (agreed, their past isn't much, but 2 or 3 years is still a lot)

2) Their attention span is 5 seconds. (thats good, especially when you spank them once in a while, they forget about it in 5 seconds and dont hold it against you)

3) They can come up with very ingenious ways to get hold of and play with things that are dangerous for them and an occupational hazard for me (stones, broken pieces of tiles, metal wires etc. etc. )

4) They can be unbearably naughty, but when you reprimand them for it, they can put on their most innocent smiles and make you feel like terribly guilty. Then a few mins later (read 5 seconds) they are back to being unbearably naughty (phew! its a vicious cycle)

But all said and done, I do enjoy my job immensely. After all, who doesn't like a tinge of adventure in their lives...