The teacher who inspired the passion for painting in disabled youth

The journey to the job of "art teacher" of Mr. Nguyen Hoang started from a very coincidental occasion. He confided: "I came to the profession of teaching art to disabled children starting from a small art gallery on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia street. One day, a parent brought his deaf child to ask to learn art at the gallery, to find a job that could support himself in the future. At that time, I was very confused, because I didn't know if I could handle it. But thinking about the wishes of the parents, I boldly accepted to teach."

Photo caption — For teacher Nguyen Hoang, teaching drawing is a joy and meaningful job.

According to Mr. Hoang, in the beginning, all instructions for the child had to be written on paper. After a year, the child gradually understood and was able to carry out my drawing requirements. “After successfully teaching that disabled child, I thought a lot about why I didn’t do something that could help many less fortunate children like him. From there, I went to the City Vocational Education Center for the Disabled and Orphans to teach drawing and have been there for nearly 15 years now,” Mr. Hoang shared.

At first, when he took over the class at the Center, Mr. Hoang was confused and did not know how to guide the students. “No two students are alike. I had to observe each student to know their ability to approach drawing,” he said.

"At first, I only taught basic lessons to help students get familiar with colors and how to express their paintings. Later, depending on each student's ability, talent and passion for art, I then guided them to create compositions based on their emotions. Many students sat and drew just one leaf day after day to complete it. I really admire them and they are the ones who taught me about perseverance," said Mr. Hoang.

During his time at the Center, Mr. Hoang received many simple, warm feelings from his "special" students. Mr. Hoang emotionally said: "On the occasion of Vietnamese Teachers' Day (November 20), the students gathered, prepared some fruits, small cakes and sang for me. Everything was very simple, but it was the sincerity of the students that always made me remember."

Le Na, a student of the drawing class at the Center for nearly 3 years, shared: “Mr. Hoang is like my second father. He is very dedicated, guiding and teaching me many techniques in painting. Thanks to that, I can now paint many different genres of paintings, from still life to landscape. In addition, he is also very kind, always caring and looking after us.”

For Minh Quan, the hardest part of learning to draw is the small details, the harmonious composition and understanding the color palette to express the colors in an eye-catching way. “When I first started learning to draw, I was like a blank page. Thanks to Mr. Hoang's patience and dedicated guidance, I improved every day. He always cared for us and asked about us. I wish him good health to continue teaching and guiding us,” Quan said.

After many years of teaching here, Mr. Hoang observed that there are many students with outstanding talent and skills, but when they leave the Center and return to their hometowns, they have very few opportunities to develop their careers, and gradually their talents will be lost. Therefore, his greatest wish is to have a painting production workshop right at the Center.

“Here, students can continue to work, create products by themselves and introduce to visitors and businesses the products they made. Only then can they truly have an income to support themselves, support their families and live a useful life for society,” Mr. Hoang confided.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/phong-su-dieu-tra/nguoi-thay-khoi-day-niem-dam-me-hoi-hoa-cho-thanh-nien-khuet-tat-20251120124324247.htm