Day 4-Continued.

So i totally realized that i was not finished blogging for the day. I went and hung out with Bernardo and we had some pretty deep conversations. I mostly brought up the topics, but we both talked about them for quite some time. These thoughts have been on my mind lately, and i really do feel that everyone will be able to connect to them in some way. Despite whether you agree with me or not, just take the chance to really think about these things. Please.

Here goes:

The topic we talked about were the good old days. And sure I'm only 18, but I'm referring to the days when we used to attend elementary school. The thought entered my head the other day while i was at work with my kindergarten class. I looked at them and thought, "What happened to those days? Where did our innocence go?" Looking back at those days i realized how simple things really were for all the students. We went to school, did our work, had all of our friends to play and talk with, and just enjoyed being a kid. What really got me thinking about this, was the fact that all the kids seemed to be really great friends. No joke. I saw my kindergarten class and saw how well they got along with each other. They help each other, they aren't really mean to one another (unless for some random reason) and they just make the most out of seeing and going to school with their friends. As far as i can remember elementary school was the best. The whole class and grade were all friends and just made things simple. I've subbed 5th grade too, and realize that the kids are the exact same way. They get along great with each other and are all friends.

So what happens? What makes us change from being the best of friends with everybody in our grade to enemies?

Middle School/Junior High

That's exactly what changes kids. I know that i never really started growing feelings of dislike towards other kids in my class til i hit middle school. The shift in these feelings almost occurs naturally and by itself. But why? Why must we go from all this pure and amazing innocence, to dislike and hate towards each other?

What really gets me most, is that I, as a substitute, am seeing this change before it even happens. This really gets to me. Today i saw two little girls from my class yesterday holding hands and walking down the hall and i thought to myself, "Will they still feel that way towards each other when they get to middle school? Or will they change like most of the kids tend to do?"

The thought of this really frightens me, but I know that there's not much i can do. I just hope that everything works out somehow and that someday kids will not lose their innocence and great friendships once they get to middle school. I hope that they can maintain those qualities.

So that's it.

Your opinions would be great on this...i would really like to know how you feel on this.

Til tomorrow, Bye.