I learn from my students

I am a teacher of art and world artistic culture. My teaching experience is 18 years. The length of service, as well as experience, is small, considering that among my colleagues there are teachers with 40 years of invaluable experience working with children. That’s why I’m still learning. I learn from teachers, children, and their parents that the most beautiful and kindest thing on Earth is our children. The most valuable lessons are taught to me by my students. Over the years of my work, there have been many non-standard and unusual situations. Some lessons are remembered for a lifetime. They cannot be ranked in order of importance, since they are all important, they are all life lessons, my record book of pedagogical skills. I will share some of them.

One of the lessons was taught to me by an 11th-grade student who graduated from school 2 years ago. I have always believed that art lessons should not and cannot be boring, and I try to make them an exciting virtual tour, often acting as a guide, fortunately, modern equipment allows me to do this. Therefore, it was not clear to me why a capable and inquisitive student with non-standard thinking, unlike the rest, listens to me with a bored look, asks tricky questions, and shows me all kinds of indifference to my attempts to interest him in the subject. At the same time, if it was necessary to prepare a message, he enthusiastically and very interestingly told the prepared topic.

After analyzing this controversial situation, I invited him to prepare lessons together, to become a “lesson guide”. When we were preparing our first lesson together, I saw that he himself really wants to open interesting pages of the world of art for his peers. He needed self-realization in this way, and art lessons were the most accessible means. We taught lessons together and, I confess, I had doubts that his desire would be long-term. But I was wrong. It was noticeable that he prepared very carefully and himself received great pleasure from his successes and the enthusiasm of his classmates. The only thing I regret is that I did not immediately understand what my student needed. Today he is a student at a pedagogical university, and I have learned that the non-standard behavior of a student in a lesson is a way to attract attention and a kind of appeal for help. The main thing is to try to understand what the children need and the desire to help. He needed self-realization in this way, and art lessons were the most accessible means. We taught lessons together and, I confess, I had doubts that his desire would be long-term. But I was wrong. It was noticeable that he prepared very carefully and himself received great pleasure from his successes and the enthusiasm of his classmates.

The only thing I regret is that I did not immediately understand what my student needed. Today he is a student at a pedagogical university, and I have learned that the non-standard behavior of a student in a lesson is a way to attract attention and a kind of appeal for help. The main thing is to try to understand what the children need and the desire to help. He needed self-realization in this way, and art lessons were the most accessible means. We taught lessons together and, I confess, I had doubts that his desire would be long-term. But I was wrong. It was noticeable that he prepared very carefully and himself received great pleasure from his successes and the enthusiasm of his classmates. The only thing I regret is that I did not immediately understand what my student needed. Today he is a student at a pedagogical university, and I have learned that the non-standard behavior of a student in a lesson is a way to attract attention and a kind of appeal for help.

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The main thing is to try to understand what the children need and the desire to help. It was noticeable that he prepared very carefully and himself received great pleasure from his successes and the enthusiasm of his classmates. The only thing I regret is that I did not immediately understand what my student needed. Today he is a student at a pedagogical university, and I have learned that the non-standard behavior of a student in a lesson is a way to attract attention and a kind of appeal for help. The main thing is to try to understand what the children need and the desire to help. It was noticeable that he prepared very carefully and himself received great pleasure from his successes and the enthusiasm of his classmates. The only thing I regret is that I did not immediately understand what my student needed. Today he is a student at a pedagogical university, and I have learned that the non-standard behavior of a student in a lesson is a way to attract attention and a kind of appeal for help. The main thing is to try to understand what the children need and the desire to help.

If you remember what my pedagogical experience consisted of, then the most striking lesson for me, then a young teacher, was the situation in the 10th grade. It was a class in which three class teachers were replaced during the time of study in high school for objective reasons. I just got a job at a school and became their fourth “cool mom”. It was both easy and difficult for me at the same time, as they were independent children with already formed and sometimes difficult characters. They were my first and most favorite teachers in school life. And then one of my children committed a serious offense.

I, as a class teacher, received a remark from the school administration and, with emotions, upset, having come to the class, I began to reprimand the offender, in fact, without understanding the motives and reasons for his behavior. And suddenly one of the girls, by the way, possessing a heightened sense of justice, said: “Kill him now, or what?”. These words deafened me. For several seconds I was in a state as if I had been doused with cold water because I suddenly realized that it was not necessary to start with this and not in this way. I was confused, and my children helped me. One of the children asked not to be upset, and the “Culprit” said: “Don’t worry, it happened by accident and will not happen again.” I sincerely apologized to him and the class for my unfair reaction, and the children told me how this unpleasant situation happened.

And it became clear to me that what happened was really an accident. Yes, I didn’t find a way out of the situation, the children led me on the right path, but I realized that you can’t bring negative emotions to children, you can’t violate the harmony of relationships, and the censure must be just and fully justified. It is necessary to be able to analyze the actions of others and your own and “keep yourself in hand.” And I also realized that children are kinder, fairer, and nobler than adults, stumbling in small things, they remain honest in the main thing – in their attitude to the world, people, to each other. It so happened that for two years, while we were together at school, my children called me mom and still call me that, causing surprise among others, and I, often remembering them, especially in difficult school situations, say “thank you!” for everything my children taught me.

It so happened that for two years, while we were together at school, my children called me mom and still call me that, causing surprise among others, and I, often remembering them, especially in difficult school situations, say “thank you!” for everything my children taught me. It so happened that for two years, while we were together at school, my children called me mom and still call me that, causing surprise among others, and I, often remembering them, especially in difficult school situations, say “thank you!” for everything my children taught me.

There are children with a sharp minds and inquisitive, but wild and stubborn. Such people are usually hated in schools and almost always considered hopeless; meanwhile, great people usually come out of them, if only they are properly educated.

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