As a support worker for a pupil with special needs, I am regularly present in the classroom. My job allows me to invest some time in observing the environment. This allows me to observe teacher-pupil relationships, pupil-teacher relationships and, of course, classmate relationships. The story that touched me happened to one of my pupils when he was still in second grade, seven years old at the time.
There are two classes in our generation year at the school. When school is over, both classes, a and b, merge into one class, where we spend an extended stay together.
In our class, the rule was that children were not allowed to bring toys to school. The reason for this was that it often caused problems - either someone had destroyed a toy, or a toy had been lost, etc. In the second grade, however, there was no such rule, because they knew how to take better care of their toys and only used them when they were allowed to.
When we joined together in one class for an extended stay, my student was very disappointed because his best friend from another class had a toy and could play, but he couldn't. He was quite hurt and frustrated about that.
A talented and nice guy, Maks Tušar, noticed this distress. In addition to all the other nice qualities, I could also mention that he has a remarkable emotional intelligence for his age, and for a seven-year-old child at that time, this was a very nice surprise. When he noticed that my pupil did not have a toy and that he was very stressed about it, he reached into his school bag and grabbed his toy and lent it to him.
"Here, I'll lend it to you until I go home." My pupil was, of course, extremely excited and immediately rushed around the classroom with his best friend into their fantasy world.
I was so moved by this act. Max never thought for a second that he might lose his toy or that it might even break. No, he wanted to help his classmate in that moment. As he was in a hurry to play, I walked over to Maks and let him know that he had done a very nice thing and that I wanted him to be able to keep it up.
Surprisingly, Max was not moved by my words. Not in the sense that my words were meaningless, but in the sense that he taking for granted that we are doing good for others. That this is the foundation on which our nation stands.
It is good to see that beautiful deeds still have an important value on our Slovenian soil.
Mojca Jeram, 10. 2. 2025
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