老餅范

Each class of our school has to hold at least two meetings with all subject teachers in a school year, discussing the students' behaviour, discipline, learning and all other class matters.  And the subject teachers should write something for any students prior to the meeting.

The English teacher of my class, who is well experienced and kind, told me last Friday that, she has nothing to say about my class, just simply because they perform so well.  She even said, she hasn't taught such a "good" class for the past few years.  They take initiative, are eager to learn, pay attention to the class, and seldom miss homework or be late for it.

I can't agree any more about it.  Yes, I had received two assignments of my subject, and yes, nobody handed in late, and they also don't eat and sleep in the class.  But in fact, I believe some of them would have been doing so in their secondary school, but when they got to a new place, everything goes to new, and more importantly, the mood, the general mood of the class, make the whole class stick together to follow a norm, which is lucky to say, a positive norm.

But it's not all, I believe.  They do well, or strive to do well, also because they're regarded being good boys and girls.  They're expected to do well, and so, they try their best not to let the teachers down.

I'm not humble enough, but still have to say, the act and move of the class tutor is also very crucial.  Probably I'm too early to say so, but in fact, I'm quite positive towards them, treating them mature and good students.  I'm democratic to them, but show real confidence on them also.

But the most important thing is, in my opinion, I think every student, every mankind, tries his/her best to do well.  Even a murderer, when s/he's a child, s/he's a lovely child.  A rapist didn't want to rape anyone at his first stance.  It applies to our students.   If teachers treat and regard them good students, I see no points that they won't do well; at least, they will try.

I always heard the chats from colleagues in the staff room about the students.  Some teachers always look down the students, or think the bad side of them.  Sometimes, if I haven't heard of the first few words, I would have thought they're talking about a serial killer, or a bad guy coming from prison.  They always regard students as bad, ugly in heart, common liar, and worst of all, the students would do something bad towards the teachers intentionally, without reasons.

Doesn't it make sense?  Of course not, but they do, I mean the teachers.  They think some students are born bad guys.

Every one has her/his own story, a story of his/her family, growth-up path, his/her peers, and anything that can help or hinder his/her personal growth.  As a teacher, or even an adult, what we can do, is to develop students' potential, let them see things from different angles, and even give them a role model of a responsible and mature person.  However, if a teacher has a pessimistic or even trumatic history of his/her own, and can't treat students well, s/he should consider leaving the field, and do something else but not education.

Well, that's why I have a thought of teaching student teachers.  Of course, it's quite impossible, at the moment, and in few years' time.  Well...anyway, I try my best of being inspiring, positive, approachable teacher.