Positive Teaching

It's been a long time since I have written any entry. Well, something happened 2 years ago and it took me that long to realize so many things, why it happened.
I have learned to forgive, and I thought I was forgiving enough. I have learned about humility (still working on it though), and I thought I was humble enough. More important, I have learned to look at things in another perspective.
Wisdom and knowledge is not perfect without love. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. Love never comes to an end, and knowledge have no more value.
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. So therefore, as a new man , I have to put off my old self.
Now I 'm no longer wants to prove myself (performance orientated). No longer I 'm teaching in a kindergarten, though I miss teaching whenever I look at all the worksheets I have done or saved. I 'm with the Children Church now, but this is more challenging, because we meet the children only once a week and sometimes the irregular ones, we only see them once or twice a month.
I used to think that teaching is imparting knowledge, from a teacher to the students, but now I see it differently. I get to learn at the same time, as I am just a tool to impart His knowledge. I used to dread whenever I think of the troublesome children, but now I will pray for them before meeting. I don't have so much trouble and hard feelings now, as I used to have.
Just recently, I have a six years old girl, who used to cry whenever she don't get things the way she wanted. Earlier this year she have changed, but lately she went back to the old attitude of crying to get her way. I was a bit impatient and told her that she has to wait for her turn and if she cries anymore, she will be the last. She have a 2 and 1/2 years old sister with her in her class, but her sister never acted that way. We kept reminding her this. As I was sharing to my daughter about this, the Lord put it in me that why don't I congratulate her whenever she's not crying, every half an hour or so, even though its not lesson time or even when she's playing. Then I started to realize positive teaching.
I grew up with negative teaching method. If we don't act this way, then so and so punishment will be imposed. It works fine as that time we were not do daring. But this type of teaching cannot be used with the current generation children. We, as teachers or parents have to be creative enough to impart knowledge and at the same time allow the children to know and understand the consequences of certain actions. Learning is an on-going process, as well as teaching. Therefore as parents, we must realize that we have to teach too, not just the teacher. If parents and educators (in whatever form) would mutually co-operate with one another, children would be more happier and more disciplined.