CRAZY SIX YEAR OLD GIRLS

As many well have known, I volunteer almost every Monday, Tuesday, and Friday at Charlestown Elementary school. My experiences in a first grade class reached great extents, and today is absolutely no different.

As soon as I walk in, some children are eager to see me and others continue there work, and it is interesting to see the different personalities and actions.

Today, this girl called me over quickly, and I bent down, looking at her face, and I had concern, for her face was scrunched, and sulky. I asked what the matter was. She began relaying an entire story about another girl in t he class. How this girl teases her, poked fun at her work, kicked her in gym class, and talked badly about her to others, and she told me how sad she was because Samantha was doing all this. I began to be positive, saying that she didn't mean it, and she was probably saying nice things to people about her, and to concentrate on her work, not to worry. She asked me to help, and I told her I would sit down and talk to each of them at the same time after class.

Later in the class, Mrs. Hamilton, the teacher I work with, is blatantly yelling at the young girl about writing notes, and took the newest one from her tiny hands. The small child began to cry; however, the teacher held her ground, and scolded the girl. I watched intently, for the meaning of this yelling wasn't understood to me. As I had promised I asked Samantha if she had been saying things about the girl, she pulled out this folder full of notes, that she was to give to her mother that the girl had written to her. Not to mention, these are not friendly notes. I told the girl that I meant no harm, I was just asking.

After the students had left for the busses, I talked to Mrs. Hamilton and apparently both parents had been calling in complaining about the other student. Mind you these girls are six years old, and already fighting, lying, and criticizing others. I don't remember any experiences such as these, but as a young child, I never cared for many others, and mostly kept to myself, I loved school. I still sit in amazement of the absurdity of these awful situations both girls are putting themselves into.