Chapter 14 call it david

DAVID is a child from mainland China. When he entered the kindergarten, he couldn't speak a word of English. Most of the time, he curled up in a corner and listened hard.The teacher could find him struggling, catching every word with all his heart.When the teacher told a story, other children would laugh when he mentioned humor, but he didn't understand it. Because of the language barrier, he was obviously a step slower than the other children. The 5-year-old child already knows how to cruelly tease others who are weaker than himself, and already knows some profound curse language. They call him "STUPID DAVID". In the first week after DAVID entered kindergarten, the first English word he learned to his parents at home was "STUPID".He knew his name was DAVID, and from the smirking faces of his classmates, from the way they clapped their hands in a circle or slapped his nose at him, he knew STUPID was a very bad word.

He went home and called his sister STUPID, his mother STUPID, and his dog STUPID to vent his anger.In school, however, he was always quiet and timid. Although he followed his father's teaching that "a man does not cry lightly", he never cried when he was bullied, and he never went home to complain, but every day from the moment he stepped into the kindergarten door, There was a heaviness in his eyes that was not commensurate with his age.He was frightened, he was angry, he was melancholy.Later, even though he could speak English, because he knew his STUPID in the eyes of his classmates, he simply kept silent and pretended that he didn't understand anything.

His parents brought him to school one day and complained to the principal that the child hated school completely and didn't want to go to school anymore.They had been forcing DAVID to go to school for a while. Until yesterday, DAVID woke up from a dream, sat straight on the bed and asked his mother very nervously: "Is it time for class? I don't want to go!"And this morning, when the SCHOOL BUS stopped at the door of the house, he jumped like a wounded wild deer and screamed: "I don't want to go to school anymore! I don't want to go to school anymore!" Mom didn't know until, his There is already a deep shadow in his heart. School and classmates, words that should be warm and friendly, have become shackles in his heart.

The principal of the kindergarten was furious. She really couldn't imagine that those cute-looking white children would discriminate against a foreign race like this.She took the children one by one to the office and punished them to stand, taught them a lesson about respect, and sent a letter to the parents of the children concerned, asking the parents to help the children write an apology letter to DAVID. When the dean found me, she was full of apology. She told the whole process, and I couldn't help laughing, and said sorry while laughing, but I just couldn't help it.I can't imagine that the parents of 7 or 8 children hold the hand of the 5-year-old child and write seriously and embarrassingly: "I AM TERRIBLY SORRY..." I promised the dean to attend a class of DAVID and give him some corresponding words. s help.

I knew about it before I went.I have read a lot, and many problems do not need to be present in person, but I know that if the dean tells the parents that we have hired a Chinese child education expert (of course I am not, but at this time, I must give me a high hat to comfort me. Parents' hurt feelings) solve your child's problems on the spot, parents will feel that the school attaches great importance to them, and the sadness in their hearts will not be so heavy. Want me to tell you how I feel?I don't think I can blame the kids who hurt DAVID.A child's reaction is natural, a genuine emotion from the heart.They don't like DAVID, how can you force them to NICE?They can apologize, they can write a self-criticism, but it doesn't completely change their attitude towards DAVID.Do you stare at the 10 or so students in the class every day and ask them to smile falsely at DAVID for a minute every day?I can't change all the kids, all I can do is change DAVID.

During class, DAVID naturally huddled in a corner.My first instruction is, please give DAVID a seat in the front row, so that DAVID can see better.I said to the children: "DAVID is from China, his English is not good. He speaks Chinese at home. For a child from a family whose parents do not speak English, should we help him, teach him to speak, or laugh at him, say Is he stupid?" I pointed at Jacob's head and said, "HEY! You idiot! You can't even speak Chinese! I can speak Chinese, can you?" I slapped my nose with my hands and stuck out my tongue at Jacob, Ask Jacob: "Are you happy? I scold you like this?" Jacob shook his head.I pulled DAVID to my side and said, he will, he can speak very good Chinese.So, I asked DAVID in English, how to say smart?How do you say beautiful?How to say I love you?He answered them all.

I applauded and said, DAVID is really good!You can understand English, you can also speak Chinese, you are better than all the children, because you can speak two languages! The expressions of the children changed suddenly, because the children who were praised by the teacher and who could speak two languages ​​made them think that DAVID was great. DAVID sat in the front row listening to his teacher.A girl behind shouted at DAVID: "HEY! YOU BLOCK MY EYES, I CAN'T SEE!" DAVID!A big boy who was half a head taller than the girl walked back without saying a word. I signaled the teacher to stop, walked up to DAVID and said to him: "You don't need to give way to anyone, because you are sitting here first. Please go back and tell her 'I SIT HERE FIRST.IF YOU CAN'T SEE, PLEASE MOVE A LITTLE BIT." DAVID stood there, daring not to go.

I said, DAVID, you are in school, you have to learn to express yourself in words, if you don’t speak, you will always be wronged.You must open your mouth and express your anger!If you are unhappy, you have to call out, please make an angry expression now. DAVID made a strange expression.This kid, a typical Chinese kid, has suppressed enough to forget his anger.I smiled at him, pointed to my face and said, this is happiness.He made an angry expression again, waved his fist, pointed to his face and said, this is called anger, you do it. He still bowed his head. I ask all the children to make an angry expression for DAVID to see, and then let DAVID learn it.

Suddenly, DAVID rushed over, walked up to the girl who was yelling at him, and yelled very loudly: "GET AWAY FROM ME! I HATE YOU!" Smooth and firm, I think he has repeated this sentence countless times in his heart.Then he burst into tears, and the grievance accumulated in his heart turned into tears and poured down on my skirt, which wet a lot.His teacher smiled at me and gave me a thumbs up. As a parent, I don't want you to blindly ask your children to uphold Confucius's "gentleness, courtesy and thrift" like you. This society is a society of self-expression. This society is an indomitable society. Too much depression and patience for too long will cause irreparable internal injuries.If you, or your child, are unhappy, please, please speak up.

"I DON'T LIKE YOU!" I don’t know how much this class can help DAVID. I will write a letter to DAVID’s mother, hoping that she will encourage the child to express the unhappiness in his heart, so that the child will have the courage and courage to vent his anger. call! DAVID! 2003-12-21