After reading "Happiness is more important than Excellence", I was lucky enough to read Li Zhenxi's "Happiness is more important than Excellence" through Yuemei Reading Club, which brought me a lot of touching and deeper thinking about the profession of teachers.
This book is not full of lofty education and teaching theories, but shows us Li Zhenxi's ordinary and happy education life through simple and true stories. These stories are not only stories of education, but also stories of life. What impressed me most was Mr. Li's understanding of happiness and his recognition of the standards of a good teacher.
He said that the so-called "excellent" has at least two meanings. First, it refers to the work and achievements that we have done relatively better than others; Second, it means that we have won more honorary certificates or titles than others. He is more and more convinced that whether a teacher is "excellent" is not the most important thing, whether he is "excellent" is even less important, and the most important thing is whether he is "happy"!
As teachers, we are faced with fresh children every day, and we are opening a variety of lively classrooms. Children's sweet teacher greetings, a bright smiling face, a wonderful speech, a sincere reading, a beautiful and neat homework, an article full of childlike interest and a small progress will make people feel excited and enjoy it. In this leading process, we gradually realize our patience, love, care and kindness ... As teachers, we are proud at this time! Happier!
Therefore, happiness is more important than Excellence. Excellence means looking at yourself from the eyes of others, and happiness means feeling life with your own heart. Which is more important, you can tell at a glance, but it's easier said than done! The most important thing is where does our sense of happiness come from? What should we do? Just like Teacher Li Zhenxi said, we should pursue our own pure educational happiness, regardless of what is "excellent"! Because-"Excellence" is the evaluation of others, "happiness" is your own feeling, and a happy attitude will bring a happy life.
Of course, the Excellence and happiness of teachers are not contradictory, and they can be completely harmonious and unified. How can a teacher with honest leadership, kind colleagues, scientific evaluation, fair procedures and happiness not be excellent? With a high happiness index and outstanding performance, various honors naturally come to you. At this time, we can accept it with a clear conscience, because it is a gift of education. It's just that we regard this gift as an unexpected gain, because we have never worked hard for these honors. Without these honors, we will not slack off at all, because education is related to our own happiness.
There is a long way to go in Xiu Yuan, and I will go up and down. On the road of teaching, I have just started and still have a long way to go, but I always believe that as a teacher, I can only go further and further if I feel happy from the bottom of my heart. From today on, I am a happy person.
After reading Happiness is More Important than Excellence, I felt a little different from other articles when I first read the title, because this article emphasized happiness, not "hard work", "progress" and "Excellence" emphasized by other books. Someone once laughed at the "happiness" interviewed by a TV station, but here, it is placed above "Excellence", so it will make me feel refreshed. But this makes me a little worried: could it be chicken soup for the soul? You don't need fame and fortune, you don't need the world, you just need to be happy, you just need to be happy, but this is not the case. After reading this article, I deeply understand him and agree with him very much.
It is true that he is a famous teacher, and I am a nobody who has just been in office for a year. But in essence, we are all teachers, educators who answer students' questions and lead them to seek new knowledge. They have similar work experiences, and gains and confusions can also blend.
He said: "It is right to adhere to the educational belief, but the purpose is not for Excellence, but for your own happiness. I don't care about Excellence, I care about whether I am happy every day. Because happiness is more important than Excellence! " .
"Being in a high position" may be misunderstood, but in my opinion, "speaking lightly" has profound truth. Because I am new to the workplace, I can't say how much I love this strange and challenging job, but I really started my teaching work wholeheartedly, from preparing lessons to attending classes, listening to lectures and reflecting. I dare not ignore every link. However, contrary to expectations, with a little care, the teacher can be competent, maybe closer to Excellence, but it can't bring me "happiness". I will be worried about the problems that will appear in the future, will be noisy for students, will be uncomfortable for parents' incomprehension, and will be confused for my career path, which makes me feel deeply tired.
I used to think that I didn't feel "professional happiness" because I wasn't good enough and didn't work hard enough, but it wasn't. As Miss Li said, there are not many excellent teachers, but there are many happy teachers, perhaps among us ordinary teachers. Excellent teachers are true or false, and they work really hard to get recognition. False teachers may just be good at improving students' test scores; The former won the honor, but the road was bumpy and the name was not worthy of the name. There is the title of "excellent", but is he really happy? How can you be free if you are tied by a name? What is happiness when caution is a service? Even if it is "excellent", happiness is lost.
Some people say that happiness is a wonderful feeling, and I agree with you very much, because I think happiness is a feeling of openness and self-satisfaction. In the process of teaching, what you gain is students' attention and listening ears, students' love and support for themselves, parents' affirmation and appreciation. This is happiness! Li Bai has a poem: "If the sky is long, if the birds are extinct, if the water is wide, there is no boat to return." It's not that there are no birds in the sky, but that the clear sky in Wan Li is boundless, and one or two birds are insignificant; It's not that there are no boats on the water, but that the smoke is vast and one or two boats are insignificant. This is a kind of mind, a kind of mentality.
In a sense, with a good attitude, you will have happiness. This is not supported by many hardware such as trophies and certificates. This feeling flows in the hearts of teachers and students, producing beautiful flowers and emitting charming fragrance.
After reading Happiness is More Important than Excellence, I was lucky enough to read Li Zhenxi's article Happiness is More Important than Excellence. From Mr. Li's article, I read between the lines his full love for students and young teachers. In his book, he advocates the idea that "happiness is more important than Excellence", and thinks that "excellent" teachers are limited, which is often related to opportunities and even interpersonal relationships; But there are thousands of happy teachers in Qian Qian. They are all around us, even ourselves. The same is true for students. After all, there are very few talented students. They are outstanding and have a bright future, but most students are kind, honest, diligent and happy. After reading the book "Happiness", you will be intoxicated with the beauty of education, realize the value of teachers, and gain the essence of Excellence in happiness-peace of mind and down-to-earth teaching, which won the love of students, achieved remarkable educational achievements, and all kinds of honors came uninvited.
Everyone's happiness points to the same goal. Just like several students mentioned by Teacher Li in her article. Some of them are famous and often seen on TV, but some of them are mediocre all their lives, and some students have changed jobs a lot. "I have beaten stones, divided pork in the refrigerator, made medicine, worked as a plasterer, worked as a steel bar worker, and selected mortar ... but there seems to be nothing that doesn't welcome me, because no matter what I do, I always insist on kindness, diligence and seriousness." He also lives happily, and Miss Li often invites these students to come back to tell their stories and convey their love with love. Students in one class are different. After all, gifted students are a minority, and most of them are students who are not particularly outstanding in all aspects. Although they can't be the pillars of the country in the future, they are an important part of the country. Teacher Li once replied: "I have been teaching for more than 30 years. After graduation, a batch of students came to me. I never ask students what they do. Maybe your occupations are different, your income is different, or from a secular point of view, the so-called' social status' between you is different. Maybe some directors or other directors, some ordinary workers, but I don't want to know these, because in my mind, as long as you are kind, honest and diligent, you are my best and most proud student! " Indeed, everyone is happy in different ways, but the happy mood is the same.
In the article, Miss Li also mentioned the happiness and Excellence of teachers. Similarly, Excellence is also some comments from the outside world. These rules and regulations can make you more motivated to work hard, or they may seal you in these rules and regulations, forgetting that the original intention of our teaching is not to gain any reputation, but to choose a career for students and children. As a young teacher, I devoted myself to education with full enthusiasm at first, and had nothing but enthusiasm. After a while, seeing all the conditions in front of me, I can't help thinking, what on earth did I choose this career for? After reading Mr. Li's book, I realized that we don't have to think too much. We just want students to study more happily, and we will find our own happiness in it.
In his article, Mr. Li gets along so harmoniously with his students that people envy him. I hope that in my future teaching, I can make students and myself feel happy like Miss Li.