Prose | Lin Jie: The Most Beautiful Seed

Text/Lin Jie

The first batch of children was sent away, and the second batch of children was ushered in. Like spring-like seeds, children sprout, grow and gradually bear fruit. After 12 years of teaching, facing children with very different personalities and a bunch of meticulous and messy things, it is far from just "preaching and teaching karma to solve puzzles".

In the classroom of "Flaming Maple Leaves", the children use the word "beauty" to group words. "Beautiful, beautiful, wonderful..." "Beauty, beauty..." Xiao Yu's voice had not yet fallen, the classroom had exploded, and several naughty little guys deliberately dragged their voices and laughed. Xiao Yu lowered his head in embarrassment. I smiled and said to everyone, "Let me see, who is the beauty in our class?" "Xiao Jia, Xiao Jia..." The children pointed to Xiao Jia, who was quiet and had excellent grades, and shouted in unison.

"Yeah, our little Jia has been listening quietly. I believe that the quietest girl is the most beautiful, and the quietest boy is the most handsome. As soon as my voice dropped, the classroom immediately became silent. The children sat up straight, their clear eyes telling me that they wanted an answer.

"Students, in the eyes of the teacher, each of you girls is the most beautiful, and every boy is the most handsome." I said it very emotionally and sincerely.

"Teacher, is Xiaowen also handsome?" Everyone invariably turned their attention to Xiao Wen, a little boy with glasses who looked wooden because of pneumonia. At this time, he bowed his head deeply, and from his innocent eyes, I saw that he seemed to be waiting for a disaster to come.

"Students, everyone in the world is an apple that has been bitten by heaven, and it is flawed. It's just that some apples are very fragrant and sweet, and Heaven especially likes them, so they take a bite. After listening to this passage, the children smiled happily, and Xiaowen also raised his head and smiled comfortably.

I gently walked over to Xiao Wen, touched his head, and said, "Xiao Wen can complete his homework on time every day, and he can get full marks for dictation. Is he handsome? "Handsome, handsome..." The children applauded heartily. In the ocean of children's laughter, in the shy smile of the little man, I know that I have sown the most beautiful seed in the heart of every child.

Xiao Lu, because of the car accident, caused the eye disability. In the conversation with Xiao Lu, I felt her inferiority and inner vulnerability, and at the same time felt that she hoped to be loved by others.

In the face of the children's curious eyes, I told them this story: Dear children, do you know? In fact, every child is an angel who falls from heaven. When we no longer laugh at their hurts and disabilities, but give them more encouragement and love, they will sew their wings and soar again, becoming angels. The child seemed to have appreciated what I meant, and after that, the problem of Xiao Lu's eyes was never mentioned in the class, and several of the more cute and outgoing children became her good friends.

I made a small envelope, named "Confidant Little Envelope Bag", which was filled with smiling faces, and quietly handed it to Xiao Lu. Every day after that, I handed in different smiling faces and different words of encouragement. In this way, the "confidant bag" has become a secret and emotional communication line between us, bringing us closer and closer. Later, Xiao Lu became more and more cheerful and generous, and her fluent Mandarin, good handwriting, and beautiful articles won the praise of the children in the class, and also won the reward of the district, and the results were also among the best in the class.

Mr. Ye Shengtao said that education is agriculture, not industry. Every child is a beautiful seed, but the flowering period is different. All we have to do is to cultivate patiently, moisturize things silently, wait for the flowers to bloom, and eventually usher in the spring of the branches.

【About the Author】

Lin Jie is a teacher at China Resources Branch of Chengdu Normal Affiliated Primary School.

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