#238 (Job) Teacher
"Okay class I want you to open your work books to page 12." Jason looked up into his class of third graders.
The class obeyed their teacher.
"Mr. Blossom." A red headed raised his hand.
Jason smiled. "Yes Phillip?"
"Why do we have to do this?" Phillip sighed.
Jason walked over and knelt down to be eye level to his young student. "I know you don't like Math all that much Phillip. But sometimes you have to learn things that will help you later on in life. Math is one of them."
Phillip frowned. "It's not like I don't like Math." He lowered his voice. "It's just so hard."
Jason lowered his voice so the rest of the class wouldn't hear. "Thank you for telling me this Phillip. I promise that I will help you understand this. So will your parents."
Phillip looked into his teachers open kind eyes. "Are you sure?" He said in an unsure voice.
"I'm sure." Jason said in a sure voice. "But you need to be willing to keep your mind open Phillip."
"What if the other kids make fun of me Mr. Blossom." Phillip whispered.
"They won't." Jason looked around the class room and saw the rest of his students look concerning over at Phillip; but they all looked like they pretty much understood something serious was going on. He looked back at Phillip. "I promise they won't."
"Okay Mr. Blossom." Phillip sighed.
Jason stood tall once more. "Okay class let's go through the problems one at a time."
Phillip sighed inwardly as he looked at the math problems that made no sense but then he looked up as Mr. Blossom started writing the first problem on the board. He knew that he needed to learn this stuff. So he told his brain to try to understand the steps as Mr. Blossom begin explaining the way the problem needed to be solved.