Channeling Interests

Buster is fascinated by foreign languages (Spanish and French in particular — but he loves them all).  His curiosity about other languages and cultures is admirable, but he can be overly-enthusiastic at times, and this has gotten him into trouble.  A few months ago Buster was reprimanded at work because he was spending too much time talking with his Spanish-speaking coworkers about their native language and not enough time tuning pianos!  In order to keep his job, Buster can no longer engage in any conversation with his coworkers about other languages. This has been a challenge for him, but so far he’s been able to comply with the new rule.

I’ve been thinking about ways Buster might be able to channel this interest in a way that benefits everyone. Our church runs an ESL (English as a second language) program on Saturday mornings, so Buster and I are going to begin volunteering there tomorrow. We will be helping out with the preschool children, most of whom speak Spanish.  Buster enjoys working with children, so I’m hoping it will be a good fit.  We’ll see how it goes!