One of the Valuable Lessons I Have Passed On…

During class today some of my students reminded me of something I had enlightened them on a couple of years ago.  This great lesson was not last week, mind you, but at least 2 years ago. 

I have no great recollection of this monumental lesson, but one student mentioned this lesson and several others immediately began talking about how I had taught them something new, those many days ago, something that they remembered often. 

Of course all of the non-enlightened students became quite interested in this well-remembered lesson and begged to be brought into the circle of special knowledge.  

So the older students began to explain the lesson.  “Don’t you remember the time you taught us about the banana?” they asked. Umm, no, I had absolutely no recollection.  I am a humanities kind of gal, not a science chick, so I had no idea what I had taught them about this yellow fruit.  “It was in writing class!”

All of the new students were feeling a tad left out, wanting also know this notable lesson.  So some of the olders began to explain-”Miss Lutz showed us that a banana has 3 sections!”

What!?!?  The newbies were understandably confused-”3 parts, what do you mean?  I don’t get it!” 

So being the dedicated teacher I am, I taught the new kids.  I pushed my banana into 3 neat and equal parts.  Nifty, huh?!?  None of the new kids knew that a banana naturally has 3 segments before this lesson (and apparently I was the first to enlighten all the older kids too.)  

I am doing my part to revolutionize my students’ understanding of and appreciation for the orderly, fascinating design of God’s creation, I just never expected it to be this lesson.