Oct 30 2012
“How would you feel?”
This was the conversation we had at the end of the day today:
(After we saw pictures of Hurricane Sandy)
Mrs. Bucher-“My friends, what did you notice in the picture or what have you noticed or heard about what happened with Hurricane Sandy?”
Jamari-“The car was under the water.”
Israel-“They lost their house.”
Mrs. Bucher-“Oh my goodness. I am so sorry you saw that Israel. You are right, though, there are people that lost their houses.
Mrs. Bucher-“What I would like you to do is close your eyes and think about if you were there in New York or New Jersey and you lost your house or you lost your car. How would you feel?”
Maggie-“I would feel lonely.”
Mrs. Bucher-“Lonely? Why would you feel lonely?”
Maggie-“Because people died.”
Mrs. Bucher-“You are right. People did die. So, yes, I would feel lonely too if someone I knew or loved died. Anybody else?”
Selah-“I would feel poor.”
Mrs. Bucher-“Why would you feel poor?”
Selah-“Because I would not have anything anymore.”
Noah H.-“I would feel scared.”
Mrs. Bucher-“Why would you feel scared?”
Noah H.-“Because I would not have my house anymore which would make me scared.”
Mrs. Bucher-“So, I hear friends saying they would be lonely, scared, poor. Now, we are safe here in our school and we are not going to get any of this weather. What about the people that have been affected. What could we do to help those people?”
(Many hands raise)
Makayla-“We could fix their houses and cars!”
Mrs. Bucher-“Makayla, I love that you want to fix their cars and houses, but here is the problem: we are here (showed Indiana on the map) and the storm devastation is here (showed New York\New Jersey area). I do not think that we can go there to help fix them. That would be quite the field trip, but I love that you are thinking about helping them. Does anyone else have an idea about how we can help?”
Heaven-“We can give them money!”
Mrs. Bucher-“We could give them money, but I do not know about you, but I do not have a lot of money..”
Selah-“Neither do I….”
Mrs. Bucher-“…so how could we get money to send to them?”
Many friends: “We could ask our moms and dads!”
Ashu: “We could send them tools (to fix their houses and cars).”
Mrs. Bucher-“Wow, my friends you are have been so thoughtful! I just wanted to say how much I appreciate how kind you have been offering so many ideas. We have to get ready to go, but we are going to talk about it tomorrow again because there are so many ideas we have yet to talk about.”
**Ahhh…this is where our conversation ended because we had to get ready to go home, but I seriously could not believe how beautiful this moment was. Everyone was being so thoughtful, generous, and kind. Our weather project is definitely taking a bit of turn based on this conversation, and how natural it is that we are changing a bit because of weather! I wanted to share with you this conversation because it was a great moment that the children showed empathy towards others.
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