Aaron Qi
11/30/06
Time Writing 2
Talking about teachers, students usually think of those teachers in front of the blackboard, holding textbooks or explaining some sort of diagrams. Those are the traditional figures of teachers, especially in China. When asked about the qualities teachers should hold, students would expect easygoing, humor, kindness, patience and etc. I do agree that these are points that a good teacher should possess. Yet, there should be more. In many situations, what I learn is not from school and whom I learned something from were not those conventional “teachers”. As for me, the quality I expect most of a teacher is the enlightenment of life he shares with his students.
All the subjects we have learned and we are learning in schools lead to one same purpose, that is, to inspire us and help to find our life purpose. Thus, all the subjects are related to philosophy. Yet, what I mean is not that the teacher should combine his course with philosophy, but a teacher should inspire his students to discover more about the subject and try to associate it with our life. For example, when talking about the relativity, we might think of the swiftness and insignificance of human beings in the infinite universe, which may motivate ourselves to orient our coordinate in such a big and multi-dimension.
Moreover, revealing the truth is as important as inspiration. Students in China, more or less, have one feature, that is, confining themselves to one field and keeping their eyes blind to the other angles of life. Thus, an ideal teacher is the one who can broaden our views of the society and the world, letting students know that the world is far less than peaceful and perfect. In Iraq, people are suffering everyday without stability. In the southwest of China, Children are still encountering famine. Certainly, all these can not be achieved by one teacher, but if every teacher can give us a little inspiration and truth, students can see more and further.
I had such a teacher. He is not those who teach at school. He has a guitar store and learns people who buy his instruments how to play guitars. He taught me guitar at that time. The exciting thing about learning guitar from him was not his perfect skills , but his interpretation of music. Every time he taught me a song, he would explain me the background of the composing of such works and the situation of the artist during the composition. What’s more, he would tell me his own interpretation of them. The pieces he chose for me were always things about life, miserable, suffering but true. Sometimes I cannot even sense anything at the first glance, but he would give me hint and lead me into the music. Meanwhile, I pick on heavy metal and death metal at that time, so we always discuss a lot on those issues, like what those thesis are and what those artists are trying to tell us. From talking, I could always learn something I never thought of before. He enlightened me much.
11/30/06
Time Writing 2
Talking about teachers, students usually think of those teachers in front of the blackboard, holding textbooks or explaining some sort of diagrams. Those are the traditional figures of teachers, especially in China. When asked about the qualities teachers should hold, students would expect easygoing, humor, kindness, patience and etc. I do agree that these are points that a good teacher should possess. Yet, there should be more. In many situations, what I learn is not from school and whom I learned something from were not those conventional “teachers”. As for me, the quality I expect most of a teacher is the enlightenment of life he shares with his students.
All the subjects we have learned and we are learning in schools lead to one same purpose, that is, to inspire us and help to find our life purpose. Thus, all the subjects are related to philosophy. Yet, what I mean is not that the teacher should combine his course with philosophy, but a teacher should inspire his students to discover more about the subject and try to associate it with our life. For example, when talking about the relativity, we might think of the swiftness and insignificance of human beings in the infinite universe, which may motivate ourselves to orient our coordinate in such a big and multi-dimension.
Moreover, revealing the truth is as important as inspiration. Students in China, more or less, have one feature, that is, confining themselves to one field and keeping their eyes blind to the other angles of life. Thus, an ideal teacher is the one who can broaden our views of the society and the world, letting students know that the world is far less than peaceful and perfect. In Iraq, people are suffering everyday without stability. In the southwest of China, Children are still encountering famine. Certainly, all these can not be achieved by one teacher, but if every teacher can give us a little inspiration and truth, students can see more and further.
I had such a teacher. He is not those who teach at school. He has a guitar store and learns people who buy his instruments how to play guitars. He taught me guitar at that time. The exciting thing about learning guitar from him was not his perfect skills , but his interpretation of music. Every time he taught me a song, he would explain me the background of the composing of such works and the situation of the artist during the composition. What’s more, he would tell me his own interpretation of them. The pieces he chose for me were always things about life, miserable, suffering but true. Sometimes I cannot even sense anything at the first glance, but he would give me hint and lead me into the music. Meanwhile, I pick on heavy metal and death metal at that time, so we always discuss a lot on those issues, like what those thesis are and what those artists are trying to tell us. From talking, I could always learn something I never thought of before. He enlightened me much.
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