Mr. Clark dared to challenge himself. Although the class he originally taught was the first in the county almost every year, he still left his comfort zone and changed jobs because he felt that the public elementary schools in New York might need him. His job search has also gone through a series of twists and turns, with the hotel's black women's receptionist showing mercy to him for a job as a teacher, and some elementary school principals rejecting him despite his excellent teaching grades. Later, by chance, Clark met a teacher who was angrily leaving the school he was looking for, and took the initiative to apply to take over the "worst class" that had lost six head teachers in a row.
Teacher Clark made home visits one by one before officially taking over the class. In the first class, Clark first made the class rules. Rule 1: We are a family. Rule 2: We must respect each other. Rule 3: Line up in an orderly manner during lunch. Later, N class rules were added at any time according to a series of poor performance of the students.
The kids obviously didn't buy it. They were betting when Clark would leave, a week, or two? But to their surprise, Clark told them: Because we are family, I will not leave you.
Mr. Clark also rearranged the classroom, which surprised the otherwise sloppy students. Suddenly, I thought of the broken window effect that was tested in the Nanjing editorial examination last year. There are practical applications! But things don't go the way you think they will. The students still smashed it and messed it up. None of the students paid attention to the special assignment given by Mr. Clark - to write down their ideals in a journal. They rightly mocked Mr. Clark's "naivete": we have no ideals! The only Indian girl who likes to read and likes Mr. Clark's obedience and obedience has to hide her notebook in her desk because of peer pressure. Mr. Clark was disheartened and lost his temper uncontrollably: You won, I gave up.
Clark wanted to take a final look around the cosmopolitan city of New York, and once met the restaurant waitress "Cleopatra" as his tour guide. The waitress said that her ideal is to be an actor, and she has been auditioning for more than two years and is still insisting. Clark may have felt the positive energy of persevering for ideals at this time, or maybe it was the warm encouragement of love, but he still sat in the classroom the next day.
Maybe we will also face scenes that make people collapse and get out of control in the future, but can we give up completely? I think that although idealists will say things like "I am desperate, I give up, I lose", but they still have an unquenchable fire in their hearts, they are unwilling, and they have the courage to try a new round. Life is an unquenchable flame! To live means to keep burning!
Mr. Clark made an agreement with the students that he would drink a bottle of chocolate milk as long as the students listened to the class quietly for 15 seconds. In order to see the embarrassment of the teacher, or because they were novel and curious, the children really listened carefully. Teacher Clark also agreed with the students that as long as he learns something from the students, such as skipping rope, playing cards, etc., the students will learn a little knowledge from him. These details reflect the teaching wisdom of Mr. Clark. This is definitely not a rip-off. As Suhomlinsky said, there are no abstract students and there can be no abstract students. Therefore, it is the wisdom and charm of a teacher to have students in the heart, keep thinking, and try to open the door with all your heart.
Teacher Clark treats students as equals and keeps emphasizing: We are a family! I admire him. A cohesive class is far more dynamic than a mess of sand! We all know the difference between a group and a group when we study basic psychology. It doesn't matter if you don't understand the definition, after all, it was memorized during the exam. But we have all been students for more than ten years. We should know that if a class has a strong inclusiveness, so that everyone has a basic sense of trust and even a sense of belonging, then his study and life will be very happy. He will want to be better, he will be more devoted, he will think about giving and dedication, and he will have feelings for this class. On the contrary, if students in a class complain or slander each other, they are ridiculed for doing good things, and everyone ignores them when they do bad things. It is difficult for me to imagine that those in the class will have deep positive feelings for this class. Just like Shen Jiayi and a group of children in "The Girls We Chased Together in Those Years" stood up and bravely said to the instructor: You can't let us doubt our classmates casually! We are a family! There will be no jealousy and suspicion among family members, no rumors and slander among family members, honesty and tolerance among family members, respect and mutual assistance among family members. The difficulty in reality is that everyone is a small world. How can we make forty or fifty little guys recognize us as a family? To the skeptical education watcher, that is nothing short of a fairy tale world!
And teachers like Clark persevered and worked hard under the pressure of being doubted.
When Mr. Clark's teaching got a little better, he unfortunately got pneumonia and was forced to rest at home. Transformation is not an instant, it takes time. The children's test results are back to what they were. They lack confidence because parents, teachers, classmates, and even themselves don't believe they can do well. But Clark believed, a belief-like belief that sometimes went beyond believing in a specific person.
There was a scene that made me almost cry when Clark invited the kids to a movie after they finished their exams. A rebellious student was beaten badly by his parents and failed to come. Clark looked for him in the heavy rain with an umbrella, then held his head and told him: I am here! Movies use heavy rain to render a sad and gloomy atmosphere, right? It also rained heavily when Clark was applying for a job, and it also rained heavily when Clark gave up in desperation to travel with the waitress in New York...
The ending is of course a good one. Although the results of the unified test have not yet come out, Clark's class has organized a celebration party, and he has also invited parents to participate. He awarded trophies to almost all the children, because in his eyes every child has his own bright spot. Later, the results of the unified examination were announced by the principal on the spot, and their class was higher than the top class! In reality, teachers may say that movies and TV shows are made up by screenwriters. They are rational, and I think so too. But isn't the work of art just above life? Maybe in life that class won't improve as much in a few months, but there's definitely progress. It does not rule out a possibility that such a miracle has occurred in reality!
A good education should make students realize that learning is a joy. A good education should enable students to realize their potential, which they themselves are unaware of. I personally think that the professionalism of teachers should be reflected here, to see the potential of students, and cultivate them in an appropriate way, so that they can reach the level that they can achieve with their own efforts.
The movie "Blood Teacher" is based on a true story. I believe that there are many ordinary famous teachers in this world who are unknown but pour their hearts into the cause of education.
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