paper balls

[northbrooks secondary]

=) Abiel's here to join the relief teaching family too. Haha..had a great catch-up yesterday, lunch @ Northpoint with Abiel and Ganesh. He was just telling me about what his boys do in class. throwing scrunged up paper balls and all that. and how he... wanted to throw those balls AT them. :D hahaha... it's like, he used to be throwing paper balls all around back in school, and now, he's supposed to be all prim and proper. =) talk about reversal of roles.

just a thought... the kids here aren't all that bad actually. They are mischievous, as any other their age, would be. Even in RI, when I was there they were shooting paper bullets and all that. Just that... in RI, they do respect their teachers. They wouldn't outrightly defy their teachers. and they most certainly wouldn't shout back at you, when you shout at them. But because they are in the normal stream (most), they are just 'deemed' naughty, troublesome, just plain disrespectful. And oftentimes, the prophecy is self-fulfilled.. they're the result of the pressures of society, actually. Many of them belong to single-parent families, without proper guidance. and care, from their parents. pretty sad. if i were in their shoes, there's no light at the end of my tunnel of life. to fulfil this craving of acceptance? Into gangs they join. secret societies. drawn by that false sense of security, the 'protection' that his 'brothers' would provide. studies take a second priority--they can't see how, by studying, would help them in their current need.

tough eh? Grace, needed. Only God understands. And He's reaching, reaching, reaching out, ever ready with His arms of embrace. to fulfil the void in their hearts.