She
was a small lady with short black hair. She wore the glasses with no frame and,
behind them, she had gentle eyes. She usually smiled to us, and her smile was
very cute and comfortable.
One
day, when we were drawing a picture for decollations of a ceremony, I was upset
because I was not good at drawing. I failed to draw many times, so I decided to
give up painting well. I finished my picture quickly, went to Ms. Y to submit
it and said,
“Teacher, I finished. Can I go outside to play?”
As soon as she looked my picture, she must have
noticed that I had given up doing my best. She asked,
“What’s
the matter with you? Your picture looks like a mistake. You feel bad?”
“No, I am ok. I am just bad at drawing. I cannot paint good
pictures!”
I looked down on the floor and was about to
cry. But she said, in warm voice,
“Taka,
I know you well. You are never bad at drawing. Show me your hands. You have
long fingers. You can draw a good picture, try again.”
She also gave me some advice for pictures. So I got a confidence and
tried again.
I
considered the idea of my picture well, and finally came up with a good idea
and started to paint. While I was painting, I could really fulfill my curiosity
and noticed that I liked drawing. After this episode, my picture was selected
as an excellent work and exhibited in the art museum in our town for a short
time.
Like this, she helped us a lot. In my opinion, encouraging is an
essential skill of teachers because children will learn and notice a lot of
things like my episode when they are trying by themselves.
Ms.
Y was really good at encouraging students. She sometimes scolded and sometimes
consoled students. She also could give us proper advice.
That’s why I think she is the greatest teacher I have ever met.
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