"Teacher, what class will you take next Monday?"
"Teacher, I'll come to school to play with you on Saturday, ok?"
After school on Friday, in the office, several little girls twittered about my location and asked. After I answered their questions one by one, I walked out of the office and stood on the playground. The students walked out of the school gate one after another, and several senior students ran under the basketball stand. There is a unique mountain view of Kanas landform in Guangxi in the distance. At this moment, the third week of teaching in Baya Primary School is over.
1 About the teaching environment?
Welcome to this school located under the beautiful Kanas landform and mountain scenery. It looks like an independent school.
What I feel here is sunny and the years are quiet. Cattle and sheep have nothing to do, and the people play chess. ?
Venue: Baya Primary School is located in Baya Village, Xia 'ao Town, Du 'an County, Hechi City, Guangxi Autonomous Region.
If you come in spring, the rose in front of the dormitory will tell you what it means: a dormitory in spring.
Student situation:
In the spring of 20 17, there were about 350 students in school. Preschool class, 1-6 years old, consists of seven classes. There are also two branch schools with about 40 students, all in grade 1-2, and three teachers. In addition to teaching, teachers at teaching points have to cook for their children at noon. There are about 42 students in each class on average. Most children are Zhuang/Yao/Miao, and so are teachers.
Teachers: president 1, teaching director 1, general affairs director 1, 8 other teachers and 2 teaching assistants. Three teachers are in the branch school. The headmaster is also in the fourth grade class. They all work in the same office and eat together.
Whether the family members agree to teach.
"'It's a long way to go, Xiu Yuan Xi' is a word full of blessings. Life is impermanent, and this word contains deep affection and firm belief. At the moment, we are going to report to different teaching points. Thank you for your meeting and your company. Two flowers bloom, and the sky is far apart. Gathering is a fire, and scattered is all over the sky. " On the last day of training in Congjiang, I made such a circle of friends.
Then, my circle of friends began to explode. The most comments and messages are: does your family agree with you to teach? I was surprised to see such a problem. The question that comes to mind is: "How many people are bound by their families in real life? How many people have been living according to their parents' opinions? Why do adults have to ask their parents for permission to make decisions? Will the things I've always wanted to do give up because of my parents' opposition? In addition to parents' reluctance, the ambiguity of personal boundaries also has its own reluctance.
I understand that growth is the process of drifting away from parents in space and waving goodbye. The role of parents is to watch their children grow up. "and so on.
I remember that there was a question in the registration form of the Education Alliance: Please briefly describe what experiences and shortcomings are worth learning in your family education, and what was the most affected in your childhood? Why? At that time, I looked at this problem and paid attention to it for a long time. Be grateful, and then quickly type on the keyboard: The little expert of reincarnation is never Wang Sicong, but a child who grew up in a family atmosphere and respected equality, harmony and love. Obviously, I was the lucky one who saved the earth in my previous life.
When I am an adult, my parents' discipline principle is: when you grow up, you decide for yourself. As long as you feel happy, pay attention to safety. Our family does not belong to a particularly wealthy family, but we have had a rich and wonderful experience of "not being short of money" since childhood (laughs). That's because as long as it is a legitimate expenditure (buying stationery, spring outing, autumn outing, buying class clothes, etc. ), parents have never refused. The disadvantage is that I am still thinking, is it really kind of parents to pay tuition with thousands of dollars at the beginning of the first year of junior high school? Now that I am of marriageable age, I hear my classmates and friends complain that my parents are urging me to get married, but my parents have been indifferent. Does it really make me wonder if I am really my own? Yes, I have always been grateful and content with my parents.
"Mom, are you really worried about having such a daughter? Please forgive me for being such a person. " The night before I went to Lhasa, my mother stood by and watched me pack. I said to her. "It doesn't matter, you are happy." Mom said with a little helplessness.
Lying in bed that night, thinking about what my mother said to me. In fact, I know that she also wants me to find a boyfriend to have a baby as soon as possible and form a happy family. She also wants me to walk around the surrounding cities. She also wants me to settle down in a corner and stop wandering. She seldom expresses herself and is occasionally stimulated by three aunts and six grandmothers. She only said angrily: it is a virtue not to point fingers at other people's lives, and middle-aged women who don't mind their own business should be praised. Just when I told her my thoughts and concerns over and over again, she said to me, "I am happy if you are happy."
The ideal family atmosphere is a friend-like relationship, which can be sparse or dense. When you are old, you can ask questions and be polite. Full of wings, each goes his own way and loves while walking. This is a lucky and grateful thing.
About the little thing of teaching.
Why did I come to teach?
Many people have asked this question, but generally I don't explain it. I won't tell you because I'm lazy!
The word "teaching" was seen in a public service advertisement many years ago and has planted a seed in my heart since then.
Later, I came into contact with the related knowledge of psychology and family education, and benefited greatly from it. Just last year, I was going to resign and change my direction. I want to take a long vacation for myself, euphemistically called a gap year. This gap year is a little late. Talking is better than nothing. )
Some people travel every other year, others go back to campus for further study, and I just come to teach. A friend asked, the interval of half a year is too long. It seems a little long. When you turn around, in the whole dimension of life, this half year is simply too thin to mention.
Some friends also asked that if you quit your job to teach, you will lose a lot of money if you have no salary and bring your own food expenses. I have to admit a terrible fact: people have to work all their lives and earn all their money back. I think it might be faster and more stable to have a rest once in a while.
(2) What is mountain teaching?
After arriving at the school, I sent some photos of the school environment and the children in the class.
Someone asked, this environment is better than our rural schools. Your place is very mountainous, and the children are so clean and tidy. Do you still need a teaching teacher in such a good condition?
My teaching point is located in Du 'an County, a national poverty-stricken county, and it is a national key poverty alleviation object. The economic conditions of children here are ok, most of them are left-behind children, and there is a widespread phenomenon of intergenerational parenting and lack of family education. The school mainly focuses on the exam-oriented task of Chinese/mathematics, and there are fewer courses for quality education and no English classes. There are many students, few local teachers, heavy workload and heavy tasks. Regarding the present situation of quality education, I have learned about it with the headmaster, mainly the teaching staff. Therefore, teaching teachers can share the teaching tasks (main courses: Chinese and mathematics), and it will be more perfect if they have professional knowledge of relevant quality education.
(3) Regarding etiquette classes, I believe in the power of keeping quiet.
Last year, I began to study children's etiquette systematically, and became a children's etiquette trainer under the guidance of Ji Yafei, a tutor of the Children's Etiquette Education Committee. During this period, I was immersed in the flowers of etiquette, and at the same time, I kept practicing, strengthening and accumulating, and had a deeper understanding of etiquette. After learning about the school, Mao Sui volunteered to offer etiquette classes. I think, whether in the city or in the mountainous area, every parent wants his children to be polite, and every parent wants their children to be natural and graceful.
When I put forward this suggestion, the headmaster agreed with me very much, and put forward the desire to cover all students and let every child have the opportunity to attend etiquette classes. I respect the headmaster very much. I have loved life since I was a child and devoted myself to raising seedlings. I hope that teaching resources can be shared with every child. And I, in addition to the teaching tasks of Chinese, thinking, music and writing in the first grade, am also the head teacher in the first grade. I truthfully reflected the difficulties, and said that small class teaching of etiquette training is the best, and it is impossible to complete the teaching of more than 300 people on the playground. Finally, it is recommended that five students in grade 1-5 form a etiquette class of 25 people. Class time is outside the teaching schedule. Every Wednesday, extra-curricular time plus late reading. A class lasts 50 minutes, and the mid-term and final exams are suspended. One semester 1 1.
When I was preparing lessons in the office, a teacher asked: Can etiquette classes really change anything for children? The answer is yes.
Piaget, a psychologist, believes that psychology originates from action, and action is the source of psychological development. Walking posture etiquette requires children to walk smoothly, harmoniously, naturally and lightly. Walking posture, self-confident, she showed her personal demeanor and ability. Standing etiquette requires children to stand steady, tall, straight, beautiful, tall and straight, show their personal spirit, set off their beautiful temperament, and leave a good impression of being energetic and positive to others. Sitting etiquette requires children to sit dignified and elegant, which not only gives people a sense of calmness and stability, but also is an important form to show their self-cultivation and temperament.
Confucius said, you can't stand without learning manners. Cultivate children's good life behavior and etiquette habits, and help children establish two very important characters in life-self-control and initiative. In the teaching system of "children's etiquette", children's self-esteem, respect and friendship are always cultivated, and etiquette allows children to meet themselves better. Show the good mental outlook of the contemporary young generation with our decent and standardized manners.
(4) About SEL (Social Emotion) course, sow a seed named "Respect for Equality and Love"
In my opinion, a child should have the ability to think besides enjoying learning. I like to ask open questions in class. Except for synchronous exercises in textbooks, homework is almost always free to play. For example, write an incident you met on your way to school. Write down your favorite food and why. Write down your favorite animal and why. Wait a minute.
A little thing two weeks ago made me discover that children should not only like learning and learn to think, but also cultivate and guide them to respect others and themselves. That day in the office, a child told me that Wei XX was crying and Meng XX hit her. As a new class teacher, when I heard the sound of beating people, I immediately thought of "school bullying" and jumped up and ran to deal with it. Later, I learned that Wei XX brought a silk scarf used by her mother, but Meng XX said it was ugly. Then the two men quarreled. After being pushed by XX, Wei XX began to cry (children's world, after being pushed, he said he had beaten, and he was almost drunk).
The next day, I led an activity about respect in SEL class.
What is the SEL (Social Emotion) course?
The full name of SEL is social emotional learning. "Social emotional learning" refers to the learning activities in the emotional field that individuals carry out in order to better adapt to the social environment, establish social relations, fulfill social obligations and complete social work during their growth and development. Its main content points to the emotional behaviors and emotional skills necessary for engaging in these activities. Cultivate children to become self-disciplined and confident future citizens from the aspects of self-cognition, emotional management, interpersonal communication, social cognition and problem-solving ability.
The activity about mutual respect for differences is to tell students which one they will choose and why if they have the chance to become animals, including eagles, lions, turtles and cats.
Raise your hands and divide into groups. Distribute papers with various animals on them for discussion.
After class, post the pictures in the garden of the study. The children gathered around to discuss that you are a turtle and I am an eagle, and played the roles of lion and cat with laughter.
Just now in the classroom, the children didn't try to teach in groups, and the class order was once chaotic because of the young age (first grade) and many people (44 people). I'm not sure that children can understand through activities. Each of us is unique, and this is our difference. We will become friends, learn from each other and make progress together. I was encouraged by the children's feedback after class and encouraged me to plant the seeds of respect, equality and love in SEL course.
Considering that I have many teaching tasks (nearly 20 classes a week, including early reading and late reading), this course can also be carried out in the whole school. So I didn't suggest it to the headmaster, but only in my own class.
(5) the significance of academic performance
"What is the most challenging and maddening thing about children?
When your child graduates from college, you stand at his graduation ceremony. What skills and quality of life do you want your former child to have when you see that he has grown up? "This is a very important activity in positive discipline lectures and parents' classes, called parenting GPS. This activity tells us that mistakes are the best learning opportunities to focus on the future and cultivate children with long-term parenting goals.
But in the first Chinese exam, the highest score in the class was 73.5, and the lowest score was 0.5. It is a lie to say that there is no emotion at all. In particular, the topics that have been written on the blackboard, the same topics in the synchronous exercise book, and the ancient poems that are required to be recited in the textbook are all wrong. I can't help but beat my chest, doubt my teaching methods, and hate iron for not turning into steel. I comfort myself that the teacher is a jar of water and the students are wood or sponge, which can't be controlled. What can be guaranteed is that the teacher is the container of this jar, which keeps accumulating and is close to full.
In physical education class, children especially like to play paper airplane games with me. We will stand in front of a white line and shout the slogan 32 1 and fly out of the paper plane in our hands. Paper planes of different sizes have beautiful flying ranges in the air, and children's hearty laughter echoes in the campus. Such a simple game is enough to make them happy in the afternoon. I deeply wish the children a longer happy childhood.
Think of a sentence "When you have no expectations for children, they are very cute." However, how can there be no expectation? Especially seeing them so happy, so innocent and so naive, I always hope that children will have more choices in their lives and their world will be broader. Regarding the meaning of academic performance, when you can't find the answer, you will tell yourself that the teacher's silent waiting is a good time for students. Roses that bloom with rain and dew in the morning naturally don't have to envy sunflowers that greet the sun at noon. Everyone's flowering period is different. What we have to do, and what we can do, is to give a flower time to bloom.
Be honest with each other, without reservation, and give my heart to you.
Please look forward to the next announcement:
1, what those children taught me
I thank you for your kindness on behalf of the children.
You are not an island.
Sharing is a virtue, and I am determined to be a person who is "highly respected and light".
? Written on 20 17-3- 18.