Everyone can smile, even though the reason is illogical, yet everyone can still smile. This story is not about Leonardo da Vinci and his drawing, Mona Lisa, but it is about a new teacher who came to school with new environment, one that is very exceptional and out of the box.
The protagonist is Katherine Watson, she teaches history of art at Wellesley College. On her very first day, she was astonished with her students’ knowledge. Everything that she taught during that day, every single question that she gave, all the students could easily answer them. This clearly shows that all her students are very smart and fast in learning. On that day, she lost to her students in term of class management. Still, that incident did not make her give up. She changed her teaching methods and overpowers her students in her own ways. Finally, her students have learned to respect her. They even gave her treatments that she should receive as a teacher. Some of them are willing to share their greatest secret with her. As the teacher, she did not just managed to tackle her students in the classroom, but she also managed to become the one that the students gave their complete trust.
This story tells me how to handle super intelligent students. While other stories taught how to handle problematic students, this story also tells about problematic students, but in a way that is not so problematic. Hence, this story is a good one, especially for those who might be teaching at elite school such as MJSC or boarding school. In conclusion, this story has given me a new strategy in teaching, but I still do not know whether I want to use it or not.
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