first day at sunday school

just a break from all the posts related to money matters and ways to become rich. i would like to share with you a photo taken from the first day i helped around at sunday school. that day, i was assigned to teach basic good manners and right conduct to the kids. there were around 8 kids present that day and their ages would range from 4 to 8, i think.

after a brief prayer lead by the main teacher, it was my turn to teach the kids basic rules within our sunday school such as to be respectful to the teachers, to not shout or run during the class, to not fight with one another, to be helpful to others, to cleanup after eating or after playtime, to raise their hands when they have something to say, to listen when someone else is speaking, to be friendly to their classmates and even friendlier or extra patient to the little ones. through each lesson, i would translate the rules in filipino and ask them to give examples of what they had done in the past to demonstrate good behavior related to what is being discussed.

when i asked them to give examples of how they were helpful in the past, there was this one kid who kept on raising his hand and reciting almost the same thing over and over again, but replacing the name of the person he had helped. first time he recited, he told me that he helped his dad. next time, it was this teacher. and the following one, this other person. haha! it was a little annoying but funny at the same time.

i realized as i was making my powerpoint slide and during the class that many of the basic but most important stuff we would need in adult life were already taught to us early by our kindergarden/prep/sunday school teachers. darn. i should have paid more attention rather than suck my thumbs under the table.

there was even a book about this: all i really needed to know i learned in kindergarden by robert fulghum. i should get a copy of that one of these days. he may have been right after all.