schooled by a six year old

yesterday i got to experience a little kid's aggression and hurt up close and personal. to be more specific, i got pegged in the face by a Smarties pack and a cherry flavored Jolly Rancher. (six year olds can do some damage when throwing from 2 feet). though i have gotten pretty good at dodging flying objects this time they hit me square on the nose and in the eye. to be honest, i hated my job for about 3 minutes as i put the ice pack on my eye and counseled the kid on anger managment. but it made me think about how many of these kids have noone that loves them very much at all. and how they know it. how the adults in their lives have walked away from them because they are "bad kids". and how they know it. how abandoned they must feel and unable to cope with so much emotion in their little bodies. so. i let this kid know that my eye hurt and it was wrong but that didn't mean i was going anywhere. despite hopes for a black eye and a really great story about how "you should have seen the other guy", its healing up with little after effects except some redness in the eye and a bump on my nose.