Recently, I have been hyped up by learning about the "Lesson Study" that I would like to share with our staff in school. Spending several hours, I collected numerous resources such as written articles, videos, photos, names of schools, and contact information for some college professors and other professionals. I believed that my hard work will be paid off when I present the friendly and easy-to-understand format. I woke my computer up this morning. The document was nowhere.
Here is a conversation between my middle school son and me.
Claire: "Oh, man, I lost my document in which I typed all important notes and phrases from several articles! I don't know what I should do?" (Pulling my hair)
Son: (with very calm voice, surprisingly. Note: His regular nature is very noisy, chatty, somewhat argumentative.) "How long did it take you to complete your task?"
C: "One hour." (Thinking, why do you have to as such an idiotic question?)
S: "Then you just have to spend another hour to re-do it as long as you saved the original resources. One hour is not forever. You will be done before you know it."
C: "Clever! I have originals that are marked 'Done'."
S: "It's even better! In this time around, you can scratch off 'done' as you are done."
Who did I expect demonstrate to understand of impeccable "Flip Psychology"? I am so proud of my very own son showing appreciation for his gift. His effort of being positive sounded so natural. Life is short. Everyday is a gift. On my lucky day, I got an extra gift thanks to my son's wisdom. I have to go back to my box to dig my papers to restart my document. I have no time to whine.
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