How to Pretend to Be Patient
Aug. 11th, 2010 08:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apple_pathwaysI started off the day in a bit of a grumpy mood. I took my mother in for her post-op appointment, and it was screwed up and was supposed to be in a completely different office and the lady behind the desk was annoying and I had to stop myself from "making a scene" and finally it got sorted and I was very polite and blah blah blah, then we had lunch at Olga's. (I've decided to adopt the storytelling style of the little kids I tutor; how's it working for me?)
So then I got to work (I tutor kids in math), and one of the students was there ten minutes early, and I don't let them in until 3:30 ON THE DOT. So he started pawing on the window and I had to "politely" remind him that he needed to wait five minutes until we were open, and PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR FINGERS ON THE GLASS! (I am getting tired of cleaning that window.)
And I had one of my "favorite" students. She's one of my real and truly favorites because she is very sweet and funny; she is one of my "favorites" because she is also ADHD and a drama queen. She had her whiny diva face on today, and was throwing a fit over the problems she had to do. So I had a little talk with her, and she said, "Yeah, but my pages are just really frustrating me today!" I told her that was Ok, but we were going to work on her managing her frustration. I told her everyone gets frustrated, and we just have to learn how to do deal with it.
She said, "You never get frustrated! I have NEVER seen you frustrated!" Oh, my darling; you, of all people, have most definitely seen me frustrated! But thanks for the awesome reminder of why I try to keep all that under wraps; it really pays off!
My motto for working with kids? "Never let'em see you sweat!"
So then I got to work (I tutor kids in math), and one of the students was there ten minutes early, and I don't let them in until 3:30 ON THE DOT. So he started pawing on the window and I had to "politely" remind him that he needed to wait five minutes until we were open, and PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR FINGERS ON THE GLASS! (I am getting tired of cleaning that window.)
And I had one of my "favorite" students. She's one of my real and truly favorites because she is very sweet and funny; she is one of my "favorites" because she is also ADHD and a drama queen. She had her whiny diva face on today, and was throwing a fit over the problems she had to do. So I had a little talk with her, and she said, "Yeah, but my pages are just really frustrating me today!" I told her that was Ok, but we were going to work on her managing her frustration. I told her everyone gets frustrated, and we just have to learn how to do deal with it.
She said, "You never get frustrated! I have NEVER seen you frustrated!" Oh, my darling; you, of all people, have most definitely seen me frustrated! But thanks for the awesome reminder of why I try to keep all that under wraps; it really pays off!
My motto for working with kids? "Never let'em see you sweat!"