lesson in developmental anthropology

[unwitting_coma]

Today I taught fourth grade science. We were learning about light, reflection, refraction, transparency, translucence, and opacity. The instructions left to me were to read aloud with the students, then discuss what we had read, then go through questions at the end of the chapter. At one point, a boy was having a really hard time with his part of

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[triforcekt]

This is beautiful and it reminds me of one of my best memories from school. When I couldn't understand something in a math class, I would sometimes get so frustrated that I'd start crying. One day, freshman year, I was really confused and on the verge of tears. But the whole class turned to me and explained and kept encouraging me and telling me I could get it. And when it finally clicked, they cheered. It's amazing how kids aren't always jerks to each other.

[gilgamesh8]

I love this. I live for these moments in life. Im really glad too that this wasnt a story about the unavoidable kid who gets frustrated with the slowness and blurts out each word. all the kids from Lay would do that & I would lose my mind.

[unwitting_coma]

that was unnecessary.

[gilgamesh8]

what was unnecessary? Lay?