smile :)

It's just like another ordinary day. I studied and the went to work at Kumon. Recently I have been feeling that I don't want to work there any more. Not that I don't like it, but it's such a transitional place and I have been there for too long. At the same time, I notice that my boss has entrusted me with more, especially after her daughter got married and left; plus I am the only one who hasn't got yelled at for a long while... Anyway, there are just a lot of mixed emotions going to work there.

Today, there is this kid name Trevor; he kinda just started do 3-digits vertical subtraction with borrowing. He hardly can do any problem correctly without help. However, he just had this big smile on his face, even when he was told that there are lots mistakes in his works. Caitlin is another girl who always smiles at me whenever I go check on how she's doing with classwork. Britney is doing calculus but understands nothing; Nick and Christine are brother and sister, both doing algebra and struggle much. I can totally see how those kids were frustrated with math, yet their smiles made everything seems to be so much easier (and made it easier to teach them). I remember what I said at the interview earlier, "a big smile brighten people's day..."

I just want to thank God for giving us the ability to smile, and joy in our heart no matter what's going on. It shorten the distance between people, it brings blessings to a trouble heart.