【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 抱歉?！盩hey said, “That39。s okay, were so excited, we just let you go.”(Laughter)(Applause)他們說，“沒關(guān)系，Pierson老師。你當(dāng)時(shí)教得非常投入，我們就讓你繼續(xù)了?！保ㄐβ暎ㄕ坡暎㊣ have had classes that were so low, so academically deficient that I wondered, how am I going to take this group in nine months from where they are to where they need to be? And it was was awfully do I raise the selfesteem of a child and his academic achievement at the same time? 我曾經(jīng)教過程度非常低的班級(jí)，學(xué)術(shù)素養(yǎng)差到我都哭了。我當(dāng)時(shí)就想，我怎么能在9個(gè)月之內(nèi) 把這些孩子 提升到他們必須具備的水平？ 這真的很難，太艱難了。我怎么能讓一個(gè)孩子重拾自信的同時(shí) 他在學(xué)術(shù)上也有進(jìn)步？One year I came up with a bright told all my students, “You were chosen to be in my class because I am the best teacher and you are the best students, they put us all together so we could show everybody else how to do it.” 有一年我有了一個(gè)非常好的主意。我告訴我的學(xué)生們，“你們進(jìn)了我的班級(jí)，因?yàn)槲沂亲詈玫睦蠋?，而你們是最好的學(xué)生，他們把我們放在一起來給其他人做個(gè)好榜樣?！監(jiān)ne of the students said, “Really?”(Laughter)一個(gè)學(xué)生說，“真的嗎？”（笑聲）I said, “ have to show the other classes how to do it, so when we walk down the hall, people will notice us, so you can39。t make just have to strut.” And I gave them a saying to say: “I am was somebody when I 39。ll be a better somebody when I am powerful, and I am deserve the education that I get have things to do, people to impress, and places to go.” 我說，“當(dāng)然是真的。我們要給其他班級(jí)做個(gè)榜樣，當(dāng)我們走在樓道里，因?yàn)榇蠹叶紩?huì)注意到我們，我們不能吵鬧。大家要昂首闊步。” 我還給了他們一個(gè)口號(hào)：“我是個(gè)人物。我來的時(shí)候是個(gè)人物。我畢業(yè)的時(shí)候會(huì)變成一個(gè)更好的人物。我很有力，很強(qiáng)大。我值得在這里受教育。我有很多事情要做，我要讓人們記住我，我要去很多地方?！盇nd they said, “Yeah!”然后他們說：“是??！”You say it long enough, it starts to be a part of ，它就會(huì)開始變成事實(shí)。And so —(Applause)I gave a quiz, 20 student missed put a “+2” on his paper and a big smiley －（掌聲）我做了一個(gè)小測(cè)驗(yàn)，20道題。一個(gè)孩子錯(cuò)了18道。我在他了卷子上寫了個(gè)“＋2”和一個(gè)大的笑臉。He said, “, is this an F?”他說，“Pierson老師，這是不及格嗎？” I said, “Yes.”我說，“是的。”He said, “Then why39。d you put a smiley face?”他接著說，“那你為什么給我一個(gè)笑臉？”I said, “Because you39。re on a got two didn39。t miss them all.” I said, “And when we review this, won39。t you do better?” 我說，“因?yàn)槟阏凉u入佳境。你沒有全錯(cuò)，還對(duì)了兩個(gè)?！?我說，“我們復(fù)習(xí)這些題的時(shí)候，難道你不會(huì)做得更好嗎？”He said, “Yes, ma39。am, I can do better.”他說，“是的，老師。我可以做得更好?！?You see, “18” sucks all the life out of you.“+2” said, “I ain39。t all bad.”(Laughter)(Applause)大家看，“－18”讓人感覺想死?！埃?”意味著，“我沒有那么糟?！保ㄐβ暎ㄕ坡暎〧or years I watched my mother take the time at recess to review, go on home visits in the afternoon, buy bs and brushes and peanut butter and crackers to put in her desk drawer for kids that needed to eat, and a washcloth and some soap for the kids who didn39。t smell so , it39。s hard to teach kids who kids can be so she kept those things in her desk, and years later, after she retired, I watched some of those same kids e through and say to her, “You know, , you made a difference in my made it work for made me feel like I was somebody, when I knew, at the bottom, I wasn39。 I want you to just see what I39。ve bee.” 好多年了，我看著我媽媽利用課間休息時(shí)間批改作業(yè)，下午去家訪，買梳子、刷子、花生醬和餅干，把他們放在自己的抽屜里給那些餓了的孩子們吃，還有為那些臟孩子們準(zhǔn)備了一條毛巾和一些肥皂。看吧，教那些發(fā)臭的孩子是困難的一件事。而孩子們有時(shí)也是比較“殘忍”的。所以她把這些東西都放在她的抽屜里，然后過了很多年，在她退休以后，我看到一些當(dāng)年的孩子們回來告訴她，“您知道，Walker老師，您改變了我的生活。您讓它有了意義。您讓我覺得我是個(gè)人物，雖說在心底我知道我不是。我就是想讓您看看我現(xiàn)在成為了個(gè)什么樣的人?！盇nd when my mama died two years ago at 92, there were so many former students at her funeral, it brought tears to my eyes, not because she was gone, but because she left a legacy of relationships that could never ，有好多好多的以前的學(xué)生來參加了她的葬禮，我哭了，不是因?yàn)樗ナ懒?，而是因?yàn)樗粝铝诉@些永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)消失的各種聯(lián)系。Can we stand to have more relationships? you like all your children? Of course you know your toughest kids are never absent.(Laughter) won39。t like them all, and the tough ones show up for a 39。s the 39。s the while you won39。t like them all, the key is, they can never, ever know teachers bee great actors and great actresses, and we e to work when we don39。t feel like it, and we39。re listening to policy that doesn39。t make sense, and we teach teach anyway, because that39。s what we ？當(dāng)然可以。你會(huì)喜歡你所有的學(xué)生嗎？當(dāng)然不。你也知道那些最難搞的孩子總是很難甩掉。（笑聲）永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)。你不會(huì)喜歡每一個(gè)人，然而難搞的那幾個(gè)的出現(xiàn)也是有理由的。這就是聯(lián)系，是關(guān)系。當(dāng)你不會(huì)喜歡他們每一個(gè)人的時(shí)候，關(guān)鍵就是他們永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)知道這一點(diǎn)。所以老師們變成偉大的演員，我們得強(qiáng)迫自己工作，我們得聽從那些毫無道理的政策，我們還得上課。我們還得上課，因?yàn)檫@是我們的責(zé)任。Teaching and learning should bring powerful would our world be if we had kids who were not afraid to take risks, who were not afraid to think, and who had a champion? Every child deserves a champion, an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they bee the best that they can possibly 。我們的世界會(huì)變得多么的強(qiáng)大 如果我們的孩子都不害怕接受挑戰(zhàn)，不害怕思考，都贏得了一個(gè)冠軍？ 每個(gè)孩子都可以成為一個(gè)冠軍，一個(gè)成年人要永遠(yuǎn)不放棄他們，懂得