As I reflect on my family and early childhood experiences from my beliefs and habits about what is right and wrong, I realize that who I am today is greatly impacted by these factors. My current belief is perhaps the strongest influencer on my person today. I grew up unchurched. I lived with my maternal grandmother because my parents migrated to the United States when I was four years old. I rejoined my parents at the age of sixteen. At the age of 27, I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior and became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Today I am a Bible believing Christian and structure my life according to the written word of God in the Bible. As such an ethical predisposition is to love all the children I encounter, even those that seem unlovable. My Bible tells me in Romans 5:8 that “…God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” God looked beyond my faults
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Having the ability to get an understanding of some of the ethical predispositions that our children possess can help me know what challenges to anticipate in the classroom. While it is important to have insight into ethical predispositions of our children, it could be more beneficial if there were systems in place to help children and families overcome the ethical predispositions that are harmful to their growth and development. Since there are often no systems in place to effectively deal with whatever may inhibit our children, the next best thing is to manage the situation, teach anyway and ensure development of character. This is done by asking God by faith to reveal the best way to deal with each individual child. Because all are different, any solution, will likely be different for each child. This is a monumental task that is why divine aid is needed and often granted I do
Having the ability to get an understanding of some of the ethical predispositions that our children possess can help me know what challenges to anticipate in the classroom. While it is important to have insight into ethical predispositions of our children, it could be more beneficial if there were systems in place to help children and families overcome the ethical predispositions that are harmful to their growth and development. Since there are often no systems in place to effectively deal with whatever may inhibit our children, the next best thing is to manage the situation, teach anyway and ensure development of character. This is done by asking God by faith to reveal the best way to deal with each individual child. Because all are different, any solution, will likely be different for each child. This is a monumental task that is why divine aid is needed and often granted I do