"thou shalt not steal..."

today it was the first time I felt so absolutely disappointed and saddened by my students.... or more like...student.

well.....here's the story.

today, during class, Lenny** tried to steal Kenny's ** Ben10 eraser. =.= why would you want to steal an eraser???!?!?! kids are so.....bizarre.
i say tried...because he got caught. another teacher saw him sneakily take the eraser from the table and put it into his pocket and then into his pencil box.
when she questioned him about the whereabouts of this oh so coveted eraser...he said he didnt know where it was.
and she opened his pencil box.....and THERE IT WAS. sigh.

so she reported it to me and i had to talk to him about it.
Lenny is in my mentoring group (in school, we do morning devotions before starting work), and i had just taught them the 10 Commandments last Tuesday!!
and as you all know...the 8th commandment is "You shall not steal."
so even though he was not directly disobeying ME...i felt sad that what i said hadn't even gone in one ear and out the other....it hadn't gone in his ears AT ALL!!! *faints*

when i asked him about why he did it. he just kept scratching his head and saying "i don't think i took it.... maybe it was me??"
UGHHH!!! the evidence was already in my hands and he still tried to deny it to me. goodness. how stupid do these kids think their teachers are????!!!?

well....i had a long talk with him. and i kept emphasizing how wrong it was to take something that did NOT belong to you. to steal. i know it's not a big deal. just an eraser. but we dont want him to cultivate this habit of taking people's things because it will not be good for him in the future if he continues doing this.
i decided not to discipline him this time but gave him a strong warning that if he repeated this serious offense........i would not be so merciful. lol.
and i told him that tomorrow he must apologize to Kenny and return the Ben10 eraser.

normally when students do something wrong, i get mad. but this time....i was not angry at all. yea, i know. weird isn't it? sarah not getting mad. ooooo....
i just felt utterly disappointed. with him. and a little with myself.
are my teaching skills not good or what?????? or do his ears just automatically close when i am talking?


i dont understand how when i teach the kids something...and ask if they understand what i have just said. they say yes..and they can even repeat what i said. and yet the next second they will do the exact opposite of what i told them to do!! gahhhhhhhhhh.... this teaching thing ain't as easy as i thought it would be. =.=


sigh.
God help me. lol...... i do not want high blood pressure and white hair so fast!!! >.<


this incident kinda spoiled my mood for the rest of the day.
but i released tension when i practiced my ballet! =)



going to sleep. i need sleep!!
been dreaming about ballet and my ballet exam for the past few nights. cant wait till it's over!



**names have been changed.