The Crayon Box That Talked
By Shane DeRolf
While walking in the toy store the day before today
I overheard a crayon box with many things to say
“I don’t like the Red,” said the Orange and Green said, “Nor do I”
And no one here likes Yellow but no one knows just why.
“We are a box of crayons that doesn’t get along”
Said Blue to all the others “Something here is wrong.”
Well, I bought that box of crayons and I took it home with me
And laid out all the colors so the crayons could all see
They watched me as I colored with Red and Blue and Green
And Black and White and Orange and every color in between.
They watched as Green became the grass and Blue became the sky,
The Yellow sun was shining bright on White clouds drifting by.
Colors changing as they touched becoming something new,
They watched me as I colored they watched until I was through.
And when I’d finally finished I began to walk away
And as I did the crayon box had something new to say
“I do like Red,” said Orange and Green said, “So do I”
And Blue you were terrific so high up in the sky.
“We are a box a crayons each one of us unique
But when we get together the picture is complete.”
Theorists suggest that much of behavior is learned through social interactions and relationships. In theory then, a young child's ideas about people and things that make up their surroundings are based on what they see and hear. Modeling once again becomes an issue in helping the young child develop a sense of understanding to individual differences (whether they be physical, mental, ethnical, or cultural). Many of the world's problems could be solved from birth if we got rid of our biases and stopped the pattern of discrimination and its counterparts right from the start.