battle.

i'm coming to learn that 'love the sinner and hate the sin' is quite applicable to teaching.

just when you've made it through the next set of directions Jack is off in the corner continuing the establishment of his lego creation he started before school.

me: "Jack, it seems you're not doing what was asked. do you remember what the directions were?"
Jack: "no!"
me: "Jack, were you doing your best listening when i was giving the directions?"
Jack: "no! i don't know what to do"

and so i love the chubby cheeks and brown eyes of the child, but pieces of me shrivel at their continuous inattention and behavior.

similar to the circumstance today when Anna chose to bite Jerry and then spit on him. or when Cosi decided other boys could be on his team at recess if they paid him 10,000 shillings.

it's moments such as those.
when you have to separate the behavior from the child and refrain from taking it personally.

loving them is worth learning this battle.