“疑难杂症”让一些大夫名声大噪,也让一些医生颜面尽失。“疑难杂症”往往难在“诊”,而名医的高明之处在于知多见广,能够透过现象看到本质。他们通过望闻切问,找到病因,直捣病灶,药到病除。名医之所以擅长治疗“疑难杂症”,并非他们有灵丹妙药,而是因为他们能够对症下药。(Medicines cure diseases, but only doctors can cure patients. --- Carl Jung)
教师也一样。所谓“因材施教”,首先要剥丝抽茧,探究学生的问题是什么。然后再一把钥匙开一把锁。(The man or woman who can make hard things easy is the educator. --- Ralph Waldo Emerson)
同样是成绩不理想的学生,原因多种多样。可以说:成绩好的学生是相似的,成绩不好的学生却各有各的原因。(If a child can't learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. --- Ignacio Estrada)
一次英语考试成绩出来,同样是取得勉强及格的90分(平均分115),但是他们每个人的反应是有区别的。A生兴高采烈,因为他进步了,他的努力有了回报,而且他的方法奏效了;B生垂头丧气,因为她退步了,她投入的时间精力很少,导致考试过程中,很多试题模棱两可;C生一副处变不惊的样子,因为他正常发挥,与往常没有什么差别。也许还有D生、E生、F生、G生,他们都是90分,情况却各不相同。(Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.)
如果“诊”正确,“治”就简单。教师的处理方法可以是:表扬A生,鼓励其继续努力;帮助B生调整学习思路,回归正常;激励C生,争取进步。(Good teachers know how to bring out the best in students. --- Charles Kuralt)
(The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. --- William Arthur Ward)
(I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn. --- Albert Einstein)
