Kindness

I work in a school because I believe in the importance of education for young people.

Kindness

I love that our school supports each young person individually and recognises that education is not always a “one size fits all” kind of deal. Everyone has different strengths and different areas that they may need more support with; I think that this is just part of being a human.

Lessons such as Maths, English and Science are so important for helping our students to progress further, live independent lives and to follow a path of their choosing. Lessons such as the above also teach all sorts of other crucial lessons such as confidence, resilience, determination and the feeling of accomplishment.

One of my favourite traits in a person and an attribute that I think is so meaningful to teach is kindness. Kindness is something that has such a huge impact on our lives and according to Albus Dumbledore, is “a trait people never fail to underestimate”.

Today was a very icy morning and the ice stopped CJ and I from being able to continue any further up the lane to school in our vehicles. CJ put his hazard lights on and watched me as I slowly reversed down the icy hill to a space that I could turn around in. This one small act of kindness made quite a stressful morning much easier.

Sometimes situations occur that we have no control over. One thing that we can control however, is the way we choose to react to these situations. If we can try to be kind, I find that this often makes things much more straightforward and can have the power to change your day.

I am not a teacher; I don’t know very much about algebra or biology. If I can teach one thing however, I hope I can teach our students to be kind.

Aimee