As a child, I guess like every child out there, I have felt utterly stupid time and time again. Back in school, if I could not manage to grasp something taught in class as fast as my fellow classmates, sometimes I would be laughed at or even belittled by my teachers. However, in some classes, I would thrive and enjoy my time learning. I would find it practically impossible to focus on classes taught by some teachers, while I enjoyed the others so much that I wished that they would not end the class.
So, what was it then? Did my brain keep shifting from being smart to stupid in a matter of hours? No. There was a time when I was struggling a lot with my school and couldn’t focus at all. That’s when I started taking private classes from a renowned home tutor near me. He was the first teacher who made me realise how important the role of a teacher was in making a student learn.
- One teacher can never be the right fit for every student. Do you think you could be friends with everyone in your class equally? Imagine someone told you that you must make, say ‘X’, one of your classmates, your best friend from the next day. That would be hard right? Because, in order to be able to communicate with one another properly, we need to be compatible. So is the case for a teacher and a student.
- The school as an educational institution is not cut to be enjoyable for every child. There are many students with very unique styles of learning and coping with the school curriculum and classrooms can be tricky. This might create a sense of self-doubt and frustration. In such cases, do not hesitate to find home tutors suitable for you. Take it from me, there are a few teachers who are very close to my heart and one of them is a private tutor. I honestly believe that he is the best home tutor in Kolkata.
- Make peer groups, interact and participate in different educational forums. Discover what your learning style is and have faith in yourself.
Conclusion:
One teacher is never right for every student. In most cases, when a student struggles to study properly, it happens due to a lot of factors like learning style, mental health, mode of studying, personality, flair, teacher-student rapport and so forth. In very few cases, rarely, does a student struggle because of stupidity or not being enough.