Happiness is....

Happiness is...just a simple habit. It starts somewhere inside and shows in a smile. It is different things at different ages. I teach French to high school students, but somewhere along the way (because it's hard for me to say no) I found myself also taking a value education class for 10-year-olds. It was pretty boring to go by the book and I could see that the kids thought it was 'yawn class' since anyway it was the first period of the school day and began at 7.30 am! I found myself quite sleepy too in fact, with all that the textbook preached about peace and harmony, etc. The early morning class also found the kids cranky and always squabbling with each over petty stuff like who gets to sit in the middle (there are three kids on a bench because it's a government aided school, not a fancy private one). I decided to liven things up a bit. So setting aside the book, we played word games and read out favorite stories (with a moral, if possible). Then I got them to wr...