Today, two of my students were off task. I called them to my desk to reiterate my instructions. One girl threw her banana peel away as she came forward, so the other reached my desk first. This is the conversation that followed:
“Allie, you need to be either reading or writing. Math is not an option right now.” Allie paused briefly, clearing formulating a response. She then replied, “What about Ruby?” pointing to her classmate that had just joined her at my desk.
Ahh….the question of the ages! Whenever we are caught doing wrong, one of our first reactions is to point the other finger. Why do we do this? Why do I do this? Well, I ironically would like to point my finger…to a man.
This figure pointing game began with a man named Adam. After acting like a coward and saying nothing as his wife falls to sin, God busts the two. When the Lord questions Adam about his actions, he immediately attempts to divert the attention from himself onto his wife—the woman he previously declared the flesh of his flesh and the bone of his bone.
Tragically, we have not learned from our mistakes. We have been casting blame for generations. And it starts so young!
Today, little Allie’s response served as a challenge to me: will I take my own advice to Allie and own up to my bad choices, or will I be like Adam and never own up to my mistakes? I’ll let you know…
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