Chapter 19: Teaching Students According to Their Aptitude
As soon as the sky was bright the next day, the fifth uncle shouted Xu Mingchen and a few people as soon as he whistled, saying that they would be under his control from now on, and then they dressed up and went out of the grange, and found that the children of Dazhu were already waiting at the foot of the mountain, and then the fifth uncle led these children into the mountain.
About half an hour or so, they came back, then had breakfast, and entered the school, Xu Mingchen They are still taught by Mr. Bai, and Dazhu They are still Mr. Fan Xiucai.
Xu Mingye and Xu Minghao are very unaccustomed to sitting in the school to read and practice calligraphy, but since they have promised Lin Shuran to be "willing to be punished", they have to sit in the school and listen to the class.
Since the fire in the rice field, Dazhu and their children don't seem to be very willing to play with Xu Mingchen and Xu Mingye, the young masters of the Xu family, and they are secretly competing with each other, and one is bound to win over the other.
Healthy competition helps to win each other, Lin Shuran is still very willing to see them continue to work hard under each other's stimulation, at least Xu Mingfan, who is a genius, and Zhang Songlin, a prodigy, have made rapid progress.
Lin Shuran made a ninety-nine multiplication table for the children, thinking that they could learn more advanced scientific knowledge without being out of touch with this era, so she gave them extra lessons from time to time to learn some knowledge that they had never seen.
For example, the people of the Jin Dynasty did not pay much attention to arithmetic, and they all said that it was the art of lowly merchants, and the merchants were the last, so even ordinary farmers did not want their children to get involved with merchants, but Lin Shuran felt that arithmetic was very important.
The ninety-nine multiplication table is the basis of arithmetic, and they have learned Dazhu before, but Xu Mingchen and they are still in contact with it for the first time, and they all think it is amazing, and Xu Mingfan recited it extremely quickly, and he will soon be proficient.
Teachers know how to teach students according to their aptitude, Lin Shuran, who has been a teacher, naturally knows this best, although Xu Mingfan and Zhang Songlin are only nine years old, but both of them are far superior to children of the same age in terms of intelligence and knowledge.
The Jin Dynasty is a scholar of the imperial examination, people with a career have to read poetry and articles since childhood, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are also subjects they have to learn, not like those subjects in modern schools are very fine, and there is no physics, chemistry, biology, etc., they only require the article to be done well, the poems are written well, a good word, a good painting, can make them famous, and they can make them famous.
But Lin Shuran wants to broaden the children's knowledge and ability, hoping to help them deal with all kinds of emergencies and difficulties in the future, so that they can be a good person with perseverance, optimism and hard work no matter what the situation, not to hurt others, not to be hurt by others, even if they encounter pain, they will not collapse, this is her original intention to be an educator.
Therefore, after becoming Lin Shuran three years ago, she was the first to apply her educational philosophy to the children of these ancient peasant families in Dazhu, and now Dazhu is already very responsible at a young age, whether it is physical and psychological quality or academic ability, it has been greatly improved compared with three years ago, and she also has self-confidence and an attitude of not being humble or arrogant in the face of respect and humility.
However, because the Xu family brothers and Dazhu have different identities, statuses, living environments and experiences, the methods of guiding them are a little different from Dazhu, and they must change their methods according to each child's strengths.
When she observed that Xu Mingfan was a child who thought very highly of himself and did not admit defeat easily, she deliberately put him and Zhang Songlin together, Zhang Songlin's child has a generous personality and is talented, he does not look down on other children because he is smart, but humbly asks others for advice and learns what he is not good at, and he is also very good at making friends.
Lin Shuran will assign some special "homework" to the two of them every day, such as what number Huarong Dao, nine consecutive rings, Luban lock, interesting and difficult math problems, and even some simple physics and chemistry experiments, at first the two people did their own thing, but later they found that when they racked their brains and couldn't think of an answer, the information that the other party inadvertently leaked made them suddenly, and Lin Shuran suggested that they work together.
"I can do it alone, I don't need help from others!" Since Xu Mingfan lost to Zhang Songlin, he wanted to surpass him everywhere.
"Fourth, do you know what a smart person is?" Lin Shuran called Xu Mingfan to him and decided that the two of them would have a good chat.
"Smart people are naturally good learners!" Just like him, Xu Mingfan, who is only nine years old, thinks he is a smart person.
But Lin Shuran shook her head, and when she saw Xu Mingfan's puzzled look, she explained: "A really smart person must not only learn well, but also be virtuous, and he can't be stubborn and can't listen to others, he must see his own strengths, but also see his own shortcomings, and then change them, and at the same time, he must also see the strengths and weaknesses of others, when one day you know how to learn from others his strengths, avoid and improve your own shortcomings, that is the beginning of your becoming smart." ”
Xu Mingfan has a strong comprehension, he seems to have understood Lin Shuran's words, and the whole person is silent, he wants to become a real smart person.
After Lin Shuran's enlightenment, when he saw Zhang Songlin again, the hostility in Xu Mingfan's heart when he met his competitors dissipated a lot, and even his attitude was much better, Zhang Songlin naturally felt Xu Mingfan's change and took the initiative to discuss problems with him.
The intelligence of the two people is on the same level, there is no barrier and difficulty in communication, and it didn't take long to cultivate a rare tacit understanding, and half a month has passed, and the two have become inseparable good friends.
Not only did Xu Mingfan and Zhang Songlin become friends, but even Xu Mingchen and Xu Mingye got along with the children of Dazhu Erzhu day and night, and they gradually became acquainted.
"Miss, half a month has passed, and the young masters haven't said to go home!" When there were two masters and servants in private, Chunxi and Lin Shuran talked more naturally and closely, always feeling that she was not married yet, and the newlywed aunt still had no news.
"It's not as fun here as in the house, and I heard Mr. Bai say that they go to school on time every day and make progress in their studies!" Whether he took the test or not, he said that as the young master of the General's Mansion, if he didn't know a single big word, he really couldn't say it.
Chunxi nodded, these young masters of the Xu family have become much more well-behaved since the last fire, and they haven't caused any more trouble, but they can't see their figures when they leave the school, and they still follow the fifth uncle into the mountains to learn to hunt.
After another half a month, Xu Mingchen and the others not only had no intention of returning home, but also wanted to live in the grange for a long time.
And getting along with Lin Shuran in the Grange this month has also made them change a lot about her, even Xu Mingye and Xu Minghao, who have always been hostile to her, have a much better attitude towards her.