I learned you can’t always judge people by their attitudes; sometimes it goes a little deeper.

I work at an elementary school. One of the students I tutor was hitting the other children even girls for no reason. He would also walk around the room talking, which made me very nervous. After talking to his teacher I learned he was having major problems at home and this was his way of getting attention. I learned to praise me for his work more often. Turns out, he was a very sweet, helpful, and smart young man.

This will help me to understand sometimes the children in my classroom may act out and sometimes there are other reasons they my do so besides just being bad.