There's something to say

"Teacher Xie, when Jia Jia was carrying a snack, I got rid of the (1) class snack!"

"No, no, no, it wasn't Jia Jia, it was Xiao Kai who bumped into it!"

"Teacher Xie, your class Xiaokai got rid of my class's snacks!"

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After dinner, I stood at the back door of the classroom waiting for the child to return. I thought I would see the happy and satisfied look of them after dinner, but what I didn't expect to wait for was the children scrambling to "complain". Wave after wave of children can't wait to "share" what just happened with me, the story content is more and more exaggerated, more and more "wonderful", some children even said that Xiao Kai deliberately pushed Jia Jia.

I listened to the child's story, and my heart counted, so I let the children go into the classroom to study by themselves, and stood at the door of the classroom waiting for Jia Jia and Xiao Kai. After a while, Jia Jia came towards me with a snack, and Xiao Kai was gone.

Jia Jia saw me and quickly said to me, "Teacher Xie, Xiao Kai pushed me a little when I went up the stairs just now, and then the snack fell out." I took a closer look, the bag was intact, not like a trace of a "struggle," and asked how many had fallen. "3", "Where", "Here I am". At this time, Xiao Xiao suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, and when he spoke, he raised the shortbread in his hand for me to see. I took 3 shortbreads and continued to wait for Xiao Kai, but he never showed up.

So, I came to the (1st) classroom with the 3 shortbreads that had fallen. "I'm sorry, just these 3 shortbreads fell off, peel off the outer skin can still eat, a little later my class will pay you 3 more." Hearing me say this, the children of Class (1) stopped thinking.

Back in the classroom, I found that Kai was already writing his homework in his seat. He buried his head low, and I walked over to remind him, "Pay attention to the sitting posture and lift your head up when you write your homework." He straightened his back and raised his head, silent. Presumably he was afraid that I would mention what I had just done, so I would give him a little time to buffer him and ask him after class.

The bell rang at the end of class, and the day shift leader began to send snacks with excitement. I slowly approached Xiao Kai and asked softly, "What is the dim sum in class (1)?" "As soon as these words came out, Xiao Kai's face was red and his eyes were red, and tears swirled in his eyes." Just now, Jia Jia was in front of me, and I accidentally..." I touched his head and said to him, a small thing, it is enough to make it clear, I don't want to criticize you, why are you crying? "I... I..." He couldn't utter a complete sentence.

"Don't worry, have something to say, speak slowly." I tapped him on the back and told him to calm down slowly.

It turned out that after dinner, he was walking behind Jia Jia, and when he saw Jia Jia holding a snack in his hand, he wanted to run over to help, but he rushed too hard, did not stop, touched Jia Jia's hand, the snack bag fell to the ground, he was afraid of being criticized and hid.

"As it is, you didn't mean it, but this matter still has to be resolved." You take 3 of our class shortbreads, one of these 3 shortbreads is your own, two are teachers, just 3 of them are lost to (1) class, remember to apologize! Xiao Kai nodded.

In the distance, I saw his small figure enter the (1) classroom. After a while, he came out, ran to me happily, and shouted excitedly: "Teacher Xie, I took the shortbread over" "Good look!" In the future, when you encounter something, you should tell the teacher, and say well, I am not a big bad wolf and will not eat you. Don't run on the stairs in the future, otherwise the next time you drop it won't necessarily be a shortbread"!

The shortbread incident is not a big deal, let Xiao Kai return the shortbread in order to let him understand that he cannot escape doing something wrong, learn to take responsibility, and hope that he understands that the teacher will always stand by his side to help him.

"There's something good to say," I said to Kai, and I said to myself.

(The author's affiliation is Shanghai New Era Wuyi Bilingual School)

China Teachers Daily, October 21, 2020, 11th edition

Author: Xie Ruilei