Tuesday, October 13, 2009

A Korean First Grader Says Something Profound And Disturbing

In a reading and writing class we were discussing the lessons and morals that some stories attempt to teach us. We'd just finished the story of a dinosaur who, too big for the cave, is kicked out by his caveman family, only to later rescue them from an erupting volcano. We concluded that the lesson was that even a troublesome friend can help. This led into a nice discussion about the nature of friendship and getting past the bad in order to appreciate the good. I asked the students, could they think of a story with a troublesome friend who in the end helps us? I prompted them again, can we think of a character who is difficult to get along with but is still our friend?

This is when a kid raises his hand and says "God".

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