US Service Life May - June 2014 | Page 10

EDUCATION & CAREERS CONTINUED going to have to work with people. Whether they are your boss or just clients giving you business that you need to succeed someday, someone will need to interact with you. Teachers provide students with an amazing opportunity to learn about the different people in society. Whether they are friendly, cranky, mean, too nice, pushy, demanding, a push over, silly, or just plain boring, all these types of people exist in society. School give kids the opportunity to learn from these relationships. Some teachers and students just plain do not get along. This is great. Use this time to learn how to make these arduous relationships work. A student needs to learn what it will take to please the type of person that for whatever reasons “hates” him/her. A word to parents: do not rob your child from the chance to learn from this experience. Have your kid(s) get in there, face their fears, and make that situation work. When that student becomes an adult and is faced with the same type of person whether it be looking for a promotion or closing a huge business deal, they will think back to their work with “Mrs. White” or Mr. Henderson” and use those lessons to their advantage. Teachers allow us to learn that no one is perfect and people come in all different shapes and size. There is no way that one is going to get through life without coming across a mean, bitter, angry, out to get you type of person that has to be dealt with so why shelter your kids from that in school. Life is not easy and school therefore shouldn’t be a walk in the park either. Good grad \