Comparison does not build healthy relationship

 

no amount of wind or rain will stop me from going where I need to be

trying our best to complete the educational materials, we got lucky I was able to buy some scissors, glue, notebook, we still need more but life is everyday struggle so we don’t complain we survive

to share a knowledge that they can aspire for more, that there is a far greater adventure that awaits them when they are properly tutored and educated

I understand that me being female a strong influence towards the lives of this girls will have greater impact in the community when they will not submit to an old tradition of getting hitch at the age of 12!

Comparison is not something that I do in any of my classes or mentoring hours. No person is alike nor 2 person having the same skill set. Encouragement is what I prefer to use as a tool to inspire my children. Comparing tend to breed dislike between the persons and no one should be placed in that capacity.

I do not respond well when I hear, ”I could have done better if only I am this or that”, it is like a broken machine that I have to re-wire and fix. Other teachers have done that to my children that I have to reinforce their own talent and ensure that they will understand that each one of us is unique, you are your own person. In my classes I would hear, ”Madam X said Diane writes better than I”, “ Madam X said she will do better in the other school than I”,. Comparison can do damage than create a healthy relationship.

For Pete’s sake, it is already 20^th century, so many psychological seminars and trainings have been received by all teachers, are we not supposed to learn from them and try our best to apply it in our daily lives.

My sessions of teaching pubescent students became like an advisory class of empowering how uniqueness and niche can become a tool to improve oneself. It now become apparent that not only do I have to teach basic education I also have to teach them how to dismantle the mindset of a city teacher that influenced to them.

Education is a tool to empower a child, to make them dream far beyond, for them to embrace that uniqueness and for them to reach that potential that is distinctly theirs.