For anyone who has worked with kids, you'll understand when I say, there are some moments when you realize that there is no way the situation you are currently in would happen in any other setting than with kids.
I started my volunteer work in a relief nursery this week. I have missed working with the toddler set and decided to do this a while ago (with training, schedules, etc., it has taken this long to get started). The relief nursery serves at risk kids and because of this, the legal policy of the nursery is there will always be at least 2 adults with any given group of kids, be that a group of 1 or a group of 8. So yesterday one of the little boys had to go to the bathroom and as a volunteer I cannot take him but I did need to accompany the staff member so that I could be the 2nd adult in the area. I was waiting outside in the hall (the bathroom door was open) and the staff member was standing in the doorway with her back turned, facing me. The little boy called her into the bathroom once he is done and asked if she can help pull up his underwear. In response to this and I quote, "Ok, you have to let go of you penis."
That was it. So simple, so matter-of-fact and yet it so perfectly sums up what working with kids really means. There are few places and even fewer circumstances where you would ever hear that phrase uttered so matter-of-factly. It just summed the situation up so perfectly. Maybe I should start making bumper stickers and that will be my slogan... :-)
As a side note, my chemistry professor looks like John Lovett, he even has nearly the same tone of voice. But he is way more animated and talks much more quickly, plus his vocal intonations are completely opposite. But I still find it amusing, and a little hard to concentrate sometimes because all I can think about is how funny it is that John Lovett is teaching me chemistry. Hahahahaha!
