Today one of my students puked in the middle of class. Welcome to kindergarten, the land of bodily fluids. I've been in a classroom when a kid throws up, it's always interesting to see how the teacher reacts and how the students react. Only this time, I was the teacher. I told the sick child to go strait to the bathroom, then looked around the room to find the least concerned looking student and sent her to the office to get some help. I told the rest of the students to go to the carpet and sit down. Then I assessed their reactions, they had all been talking to me (all at the same time of course) through out my process of handling the situation, but I of course didn't hear what they were saying until now. Finally when I started listening I realized they were asking me if they could pray for the sick student. "Miss Merz we need to pray for her!" "I already did pray for her." "I did too!" "I prayed that God would heal her" One even said "I already prayed that no one else would throw up!"
I was blown away that these 5 year children were not only not completely disgusted, laughing at the sick kid, saying "eeww" or "Gross", or reacting in any other inappropriate manner. They just were so concerned for the wellbeing of their peer and all they wanted to do was pray for her.
These kids never cease to amaze me.
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