Oh my...!

Today, I volunteered to help out at my daughter's school since they were a little short on help. Boy, am I worn out! Keep in mind that I used to work in a preschool for about 10 years. Don't ask me how I managed then because it's tough work...twenty-six 2- and 3-year olds? WHEW! My mom (who is the director) asked me how it was going and I told her that I didn't remember it being THIS tough. Things have definitely changed since I was in this profession about 7 years ago. Some kids these days are so much "busier" and more defiant! I could not believe how many times I heard the word "NO" when these children were asked to do something. I do my best to raise my daughter to have proper manners and she really does an awesome job MOST of the time. There are times that she forgets...it's to be expected with a 3 1/2 year old and I don't expect her to be perfect all the time. I find it "funny" though that after only half a day in this environment (again), you can totally tell which children are taught to respect their elders and which ones probably rule their household. I've got to hand it to the gals at the school, and to teachers everywhere. It takes a special kind of person to take children, young and not-so-young, and mold them into respectable young men and women. As they say, a teacher touches a life, and a heart, forever.