When you are with kids, and you get so close to them, you have the tendency to feel all kinds of emotions. It's so easy to feel for the kids and then to feel with them at the same time.

The girl I tutored was the eldest, so I think she also saw me as an elder sister. And I think one reason some kids get so close to their teachers is that we don't emit an imposing authority like some parents do. Therefore, they can open to us easily.

Getting close to a child is really a gift. It is the way a child opens to us and allows us to mold him.

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