▪Hannah Wang
Head of Chinese (P1-S8) & Banzhuren (P3A)
"Charmingly unobtrusive, unobtrusively charming."
These are the words that come to mind when we talk about Ms. Wang.
Since she joined BMH in 2018 until today, she has won many awards in the past four years, including "Excellent Banzhuren" and "First Prize in Banzhuren Proficiency Competition" in Longhua District, and she has also gained praise from students, parents and colleagues.
Therefore, we wanted to hear from Ms. Wang about her work at BMH and to see the source of her strength.
When I received such an assignment, I seemed to be able to truly appreciate the "dazed brains" of the students when they first faced the propositional composition. In our perception, the job of a teacher is not much different from many professions in society. Every day, we repeat things that we seem to be familiar with. What can I write about?
Opening my document of education notes, the memories come like a tide.
Look, what is this child doing?
He is a lovely boy full of a sense of justice and artistic creativity. He always gives surprise works for everyone in the corner of the stairwell.
What should I do when faced with an anxious "artist" who has been "reported" by a classmate?
Touch his head, grab an eraser, squat down together, and discuss how to clean the wall. After ten minutes, the wall was clean. Two years later, the white walls in the stairwell are still clean, while his paintings are hung on the walls of the art classroom.
Look, what is this child doing?
He was a boy who couldn't calm down in all the classes. Because he thinks that all learning is easy for him. So, he became an "action performer" and a "climbing master" in the classroom...
Faced with such an innocent-looking “genius", what should I do?
A unique classroom job, a weekly teacher-student chat and play time just for him, a strong trust to face mistakes together ...... Although he still loses his temper, he became the first child to take the initiative to put the sweet potato on the yogurt lid instead of directly on the table because "a cleaned table may still have small pencil shavings, and classmates will be uncomfortable if they accidentally eat them." He said so.
Look, what is this child doing?
He is a restrained and intelligent child.When we first met him, we spent two months with him copying his first frog design through a glass window, but we still didn't get any written or verbal response from him either.
Faced with such a little "thinker" who has a rich inner world but is too timid to express himself, what should I do?
Sincere recognition, constant companionship, and repetitive practice to constantly raise the standard ...... A year and a half later, he was able to chat comfortably with different teachers and classmates, as well as write a small, well-structured essay of over two hundred words independently.
In a coexisting environment, no one grows alone. As an educator, I, like many of my colleagues, am in my position, day in and day out. Behind the seemingly mundane, there is a lot of meaning when you look for it.
I remember when I was in college, a teacher shared "What is a teacher?" Such a specific question, but it stumped me at that time. I have experience from public school to private school, from imitation to creation, from unfamiliar to familiar... I have encountered all kinds of people and experienced many ups and downs. Because of this, I have the opportunity to exercise my character and ability. Courage and wisdom to look at gains and losses, to face the world more open-mindedly, calmly and independently, and to find my own value.
Along the way, I have not only gained personal maturity and transformation, but also gained precious friendships with teachers and students, family, school and colleagues.
At BMH, I benefited more from a small class and an open working environment. I slowed down, calmed down, truly saw the difference of each person, and spent more time understanding each colleague，student and family more deeply as we experience these changing days together. It turns out that the teacher is one who responds "I will teach you", that is, "As long as you have need, I will be there", that is, "You can climb up, I will support you", that is, "I will accompany you"...
"The wind blows the trumpet in the sky to wake up the world." ( from P3 Summer), we are naive, curious, step on the footsteps of growth, stumble, and keep repeating in life, repeating, advancing in repetition, advancing in meeting the unknown. This may be the greatest meaning of our study and it is also the most precious gift of life that a school brings us—clear and bright, always with kindness.
