Education for American toddlers vs. Chinese college students.

So often it is easier to observe and analyze everyone around you, rather than observing yourself. Not on a surface level, but more so delving into what little things make you, well, you. Recently I have become aware of my ability to communicate well with children. Not infants (I consider them aliens), but rather kids between the ages of 4 and 16. I have also observed that I am more detailed in explaining scenarios to male children, as opposed to females. I grew up an only child, which leaves me surprised that I am able to break things down easily for kids. On the other hand, since I am an only child, my mother was able to spend a great amount of time molding me, disciplining me, and engraving in me the basics of healthy child development. I am going to veer this thought process onto a different road... Six years ago I taught English in China. I boarded the plane completely unaware of how to teach any class. I had very little college education under my belt, and had grown up home schooled. Needless to say, I was the least experienced person for the "job". (I put job in quotations due to the fact that my 99% of my heart was in China for missions - not a job - and the remaining 1% for teaching.) Looking back on how quickly I adapted to the life of a teacher, I realize that the process of explaining to my students American culture was similar to explaining to a toddler, in the United States, every day lessons in his own society. You have to use analogies, draw to the heart of simplicity, and pull from a mass amount of creativity - all of which I love! In conclusion: I have no idea what these traits I possess will have use of in the future. Whether it be the life of a mother, to my own children, or a community of youth that need a mentor. Perhaps I will continue on a path of educational missions with my spouse. Or, I could just sit at computer, eating beets and drinking coffee, writing about "what could be" forever.