Two days ago, the well-known professor and youtuber, David Calle, sowed the controversy on Twitter with a comment that has been praised and criticized in equal parts by fellow professionals, students and parents. In your tweet, the teacher required teachers more self-criticism and passion when performing their duties, reminding them that they are the role model of their students.
Fortunately, there are many teachers who teach with great vocation and enthusiasm, giving us wonderful lessons of professionalism and empathy. But it is also true that, on occasion, the bureaucracy and the current education system will kill the creativity of students and teachers.
"More self-criticism, less complaints"
David Calle is a professor at Rey Juan Carlos University and founder of the Unicoos project, an academy of online and face-to-face studies that helps high school, high school and university students. His Yotube channel has more than one million subscriptions, and his videos on math, physics, chemistry, technology and drawing help tens of thousands of students every day who need reinforcement to overcome these subjects.
In 20 years of profession, this teacher admits to having seen unmotivated, bored and with little interest in learning; students who have felt disappointed, and even humiliated by some of their teachers.
That is why, a few days ago, he appealed through his Twitter account, encouraging teachers to reflect and act:
Every day more tired of all those teachers who do not stop complaining. More self-criticism, less complaints, more energy, more passion and less excuses to justify your laziness. Because that is the example they give to their students. And so it goes.
- David Calle (@davidcpvm) June 15, 2018
I evaluated all those pessimistic and lazy people every two years. Let's see how it goes. Those of us who are support teachers pass a constant evaluation every day, every month, every year. If we don't get results, if we don't get them better, our salary, not life, is in danger.
- David Calle (@davidcpvm) June 15, 2018
It is not the first time that David Calle publicly complains about the educational system we have in our country, and how on many occasions the bureaucracy, administration and certain curricula slow down the freedom of the teacher when preparing and teaching, leaving the traditional method
"The teachers in this country are not recognized, they do not have the consideration, respect and salary they deserve, they are not allowed to do the things they would like to do. We need the teachers to be heard and theirs become a profession of privilege, credit and social prestige. " - stated in this interview with the agency SINC.
In Babies and More We have repeatedly reflected on the current landscape of our education system, of the poor results obtained in the PISA report, of the demotivation of the students for the imposed learning, and of the lack of creativity in the classrooms.
If to all this we add the little respect that many parents and students have today towards the figure of the teacher, the disproportionate punishments that are still being applied in some schools, and the pressure caused by the amount of daily duties that many children endure, no wonder that the demotivation and boredom make an appearance.
Teachers and education system
However, the words of this teacher were not well received by a large number of colleagues, who complain about the lack of resources provided by the system to teach in a free, creative way and adapted to the needs of all students.
And unfortunately, there are thousands of teachers in our country with great vocation and passion to teach those who the system, the administration and the bureaucracy "cut the wings." Teachers who face a difficult-to-manage ratio of students, cuts in education, and difficulties in detecting and treating individually the characteristics of each student, which contributes to the increase in school failure.
Like those teachers complain about the ratios of 30, with ACNEAES who can not attend as they deserve because they do not give enough (for much energy and passion they put), because they feel despised by the administration and families ...
- Nikkitta (@ Nikkitta78) June 16, 2018
Call me crazy, but still complain rightly.
But despite the fact that sometimes the picture seems to paint bleak, there are many professionals willing to change reality, and who give us great lessons every day with their empathy, effort and dedication to service.I like professors who complain, and also those who teach students to complain, it is important to have critical ability. My best teachers complained, and they wasted passion in teaching.
- Soraya (@s_parias) June 18, 2018
I don't think the problem is the complaints, but the lack of vocation.
Teachers who teach playing, that motivate and encourage their students with love and respect, that inspire them and make them happier, and that leave an indelible mark on the hearts of all the children who go through their hands.
There is much disappointment about the situation but a lot of hope to change it ... I think you have unfairly generalized and that tweet corroborates the lack of knowledge and ignorance of many. Hugs
- JOSE (@ JOSEEM79) June 17, 2018
But it is no less true that there are also professors with little or no vocation, and if something is indispensable in teaching (and in general, in any profession that deals with children and adolescents) is the vocation of service and the passion for work.
Luckily, in the six years that my son has been in school I have found great professionals who know how to value and appreciate his qualities, that motivate him and arouse his desire to learn, and that contribute to the fact that he loves to go to school every day.
Logically there is much to do and improve (although sometimes it is not easy), and although it is not too much to reflect and debate on those aspects that should be modernized, we must also recognize the great work that most of our children's teachers have done throughout this academic year . What is your vision about it?
