What if the teacher is not right?

Story One

The story is taken from the conversation between writer Son Nam and Ms. Huong, who teaches Vietnamese literature, in the work Summer of Petrus by writer Le Van Nghia.

In his presentation about writer Son Nam, Dung, a 7th grade student, gave details that were not in the textbooks about the biography of writer Son Nam, such as owing money for coffee and cigarettes, being ugly, dressing sloppily, etc. His friends were surprised and thought Dung was making up stories. She said, "It's not easy to meet a writer like Son Nam!" and commented that the presentation had unintentionally insulted the writer. So Dung did not get a high score for his presentation.

According to a friend, writer Son Nam went to see Ms. Huong to "clear Dung's name". From then on, she knew that the details that the student mentioned were completely accurate because Dung met the writer almost every day when he helped his father type at the printing house. It was truly admirable that Ms. Huong had frankly admitted her mistake to the students.

This is civilized behavior, helping students respect teachers and creating more trust from them.

In civilized behavior, teachers know how to admit their mistakes.

ILLUSTRATION: DAO NGOC THACH

Story Two

"I was wrong to not give you a mark for this question. I apologize and thank you because through this incident I have gained more knowledge and experience in my teaching." The literature teacher's apology to his students was met with applause from the students.

In the last lesson, there was a question about finding local words from different regions to talk about an object or event. A student answered that the word "xuong" is synonymous with "ganh" but the teacher thought that the answer was wrong. Being from the Central region, this student told the teacher: "In Quang Tri, my paternal hometown, people often call 'ganh' 'xuong'".

The student even cited to the teacher the lyrics in the song "Who remembers who" by musician Hoang Thi Tho: "Old mother's hair is as white as frost, life's debt bends her shoulders, her bones are in pain in a hundred ways". After verifying, the teacher had a reasonable and logical solution as above.

Teachers must constantly improve their knowledge to confidently stand in class and build trust in the eyes of their students.

ILLUSTRATION: DAO NGOC THACH

As a teacher, I appreciate the civilized behavior of teachers in the two pedagogical situations mentioned above. Obviously, the explosion of information technology means that schools are not the only places where students receive knowledge.

For students who are diligent in studying and learning, sometimes their knowledge is greater than that of their teachers. This requires teachers to constantly improve their knowledge to confidently stand in class and build trust in their students.

If students have opinions or judgments that differ from the textbook, teachers should consider before making comments. If necessary, teachers can ask students to provide evidence to clarify what they say.

More importantly, it is important to help students recognize authentic information from the data they collect. When there is trust between teachers and students, the reception and transmission of knowledge will become easier.

Students' learning activities are closely linked to personality development. Teachers must be flexible in their pedagogical behavior to help students reason and solve problems in a well-founded manner to acquire and accumulate knowledge, and at the same time know how to admit their mistakes to maintain a good image in the eyes of students and parents.

Whenever I deal with situations related to students or parents' questions, I always think of the two stories above to minimize impatience and reduce negative ego in the teaching environment.

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