September 13, 2011

  • Tough Cookie Child.

    You have them in nearly every class... Some are tougher than others.
    Maybe they had to grow up fast.
    Maybe they had to fend for themselves because no else cared.
    Maybe they don't attention anywhere... and their hearts have found a way to dull the pain.

    Basically, no one wants a Tough Cookie. Because, even if they get dunked in milk, they just crumble and what good is THAT?!

    Tough Cookie sat at the back of the class at the Annual Church Retreat...
    Def too kool for skool.
    yeah man.
    Puppets are dumb, ya know.
    Songs? Yes, you really do have to stand UP.

    Loud. Rude. Hard looks. You could almost say he was actually trying to get into trouble.

    "Why don't you just KILL me?!?," he shouted amid the chaos of class.

    The Head Teacher didn't bat an eye:
    "Oh, I couldn't do that, man. There's too much hope for you..."

    Somehow,
    before the weekend was over...
    he was in the front row,
    asking to sing the songs again,
    demanding more puppet shows...
    hollering answers at every available opportunity.

    And the Head Teacher started to show him how to use the puppets.
    "So you can know what to do with them when you're a teacher," he said.

    Too much hope for Tough Cookies.
    yes.
    indeed.