Tourette's disease, also known as tics syndrome, is a neurological and motor disease in which the patient's body will twitch involuntarily. It is estimated that about 1%-3% of children suffer from this disease in school children. Unfortunately, my son was once a mild Tourette's patient. The most obvious manifestation was uncontrollable hiccups and a slight "scream" sound. The journey I experienced for this was hard to describe. Driven by this, I watched the Indian movie " Teacher Hiccup " with tears in my eyes.
"Hicul Teacher" tells the touching story of Tourette's disease patient Naina Mathour leading 14 slum 9F students to break through secular prejudice and achieve self-transcendence.
This film won the Best Film Award at the Melbourne Indian Film Festival, and the actress Rani Makheji won the Best Actress Award for her vivid and realistic performance in the film.
At the beginning of the video, I was surprised that Naina could describe her symptoms in such a calm, calm and even humorous tone during the interview, just like introducing her height and weight. You should know that during the treatment of my son, the consensus reached by my doctor and teacher was to avoid it. We were afraid that he would feel inferior because of this disease. What made Naina such a strong and healthy self-esteem system?
As the camera advances, we find that there is an important figure on Naina's growth path, Principal Khan, who gives Naina the opportunity to be "seen", so that she can face the disease calmly and gain the understanding and respect of others. This article will interpret the film from Principal Khan’s guidance of everyone to “see” Naina, Naina’s guidance of students to “be seen”, Naina’s father “sees” Naina and his revelation to us.
01 Principal Khan guided Naina to the stage to confess her "Toury's disease", let everyone "see her", and promised to meet her needs to be treated like everyone else. This is the starting point for her to establish a strong healthy self-esteem system.
British psychoanalyst and child psychiatrist Donald Winnicott once said that he does not think parents should follow specific rules, but rather advises mothers to take the time to understand their children's needs, and the mother will show her best condition. Understanding children’s needs is the process of “seeing children”.
Principal Khan guided Xiao Naina, who was discriminated against by teachers and classmates, to the stage, express her symptoms and her needs, guide all teachers and students in the school to see her, understand her, respect her, and guide her to live in harmony with Tourette's disease calmly, thus developing her healthy self-esteem system.
1. Xiao Naina was not favored by her teachers and classmates at the beginning, and was discriminated against, and her inferiority complex was obvious.
Nina was not able to face her own illness calmly from the beginning. Her condition was far more serious than my son's. The "Wow" screams from Xiao Naina that were uncontrollably had seriously interfered with the atmosphere of the classroom. The teacher blamed her, the classmates laughed at her, and the principal asked her to drop out of school. In life, even her father seemed to dislike her, and her parents had a fierce quarrel over this.
As we watch her desperately stuff toilet paper into her mouth while still hiccupping, we can't help crying with her. At that time, no one except her mother who loved her wanted to guide everyone to see her and accept her. At that time, she was extremely inferior. She hoped to be seen by others but not by others.
2. Principal Khan asked Xiao Naina to go to the stage and guide her to express her Tourette's disease and needs, promising that she would receive the same treatment as other children. The audience stood up and applauded. From then on, Xiao Naina walked out of the gloom of life and began to face Tourette's disease in the sun.
In the new school, maybe it was Xiao Naina's mother who communicated with the principal. After a public performance in the school, Xiao Naina was invited to the stage by Principal Khan, and the two had this conversation.
Principal: "Why do you make these strange sounds?"
Xiao Naina: "Because I am a Tourette's disease. This is a neurological disease that makes me twitch like an electric shock without control."
Principal: "How do students treat you? "
Xiao Naina: "Students laughed at me and learned from me. "
Principal: "How do teachers treat you? ”
Xiao Naina: “The teacher will drive me out of the classroom. "
Principal: "How do you hope I will help you? ”
Xiao Naina: “I don’t need any help, I just need to be the same as other classmates. "
Principal: "This is the school, and every child comes to learn. Today you taught us Tourette's disease. On behalf of the school, I promise you that you will receive the same treatment and the same education as other classmates. "
After Xiao Naina stepped down, all the teachers, students and parents of the school stood up and applauded her, and Principal Khan compared a thumbs up behind her!
At the same time, in my heart, I also gave this cool principal a big thumbs up. The principal did not judge any whole process, neither showed mercy on Xiao Naina's condition, nor criticized the teachers and classmates who were unfair to her. They just calmly guided the child to state the uncontrollability of her condition, the reactions of people around her, and her hopes. As a result, Xiao Naina was "seen" by everyone, we saw her condition, and even saw the heartache behind her condition.
For a long time, Xiao Naina was dodged by others in her "wow" sound, and she didn't want to be "seen" when she twitched She looked awkward, and she didn't want to be ridiculed and driven away. When Principal Khan guided her to confess her condition generously in the sun, she was relieved because her condition, grievances and needs were seen, and the applause of teachers and students in the school represented love. At this time, warmth and love rose in her heart. Since then, although Tourette's disease has not disappeared, she no longer has to live in the eyes of people.
When watching the video, I kept thinking, fortunately, my son's symptoms have relied on Chinese medicine and exercise for a year. If unfortunately, I would be so lucky to meet such a principal who coexisted with wisdom and great love?
02 Naina feels the power of a good teacher, so when a teacher becomes her dream of never giving up, she wants to spread this power of "seeing" to more people. She uses her love to lead the poor student class of 9F to create miracles.
After Naina, who has obtained a double master's degree in education and science, has been unable to realize her dream of becoming a teacher because of Tourette's disease. With optimism and perseverance, five years after graduation, her alma mater finally hired her, and she has to face a 14 children from the slum.
1. These 14 children are not born poor students. They are a group of discriminated against. Naina seemed to see the shadow of her past in them. She was determined to "see" them with her heart.
These 14 children from slums are products of negotiations between the school and the government. The school needs to expand the playground, so she applied to the government for slum land and accepted the 14 children in exchange for enrollment. If the playground was not expanded, perhaps these 14 children were entering public schools of the same class as them. School, accept equal attention and treatment.
But unfortunately, they entered this aristocratic school and were separately included in a class called Class 9F, which is different from other children with good family backgrounds and excellent academic performance. Here, most teachers and classmates do not accept them, turn a blind eye to them, their voices and efforts are not seen.
"Positive Discipline" mentioned that the first motivation behind children's bad behavior is to be paid attention to The motivation is because they hope to have a sense of value rather than being treated indifferently as aliens. In the cognition of this group of children, the only way to "be seen" is to use their naughtyness. They hope to attract attention, so Nana got the opportunity to be a teacher. She is the eighth teacher in the past 7 months, and the first seven teachers have been on vacation indefinitely, which shows how badly it is being messed up by the children.
was ridiculed by the children in the first day of class, and after being ridiculed by the children, she fell to the ground again, Nana found a school worker to understand the children.Naina began to "see" them from the perspective she had been discriminated against.
In another prank, the children's homemade explosives shattered the school windows and faced severe punishment for suspension of school. Naina jumped out and took charge of the crime and said that it was caused by her improper operation of the chemistry class. Of course, the school did not believe it, but Naina told the principal that from this prank, we can see that they have plans, vision and wisdom. As a result, Naina's relationship with the children began to melt. It’s not because Naina helps them cover up their mistakes, but because Naina sees the other side of them.
2. Through home visits, Naina walked into the children's native family to make in-depth links with them, saw the children's hearts, and also made the children feel Naina's love.
holds a parent meeting for Class 9F. It does not exist, because compared to parent meetings, parents of children are more concerned about whether they can set up a meal at home and whether they can drink a sip of water.
The famous psychologist Li Songwei once said: "What children really need may not be that you pull them out of that world, but to their world."
So, Naina walked into the child's original family and saw them in depth. She saw the slums fighting for a bucket of water, the parents struggling on the poverty line have a ardent hope for their children, the mathematical talent hidden behind their children who are good at gambling, and the parents' expectations for her.
At this moment, Naina established an in-depth link with the children. She lets her children see her own strengths and her future.
3. Naina's efforts to "see" the children affected Mr. Vadia, who was opposite to her, so that he could also begin to see the children in Class 9F.
In a large part of the film, Mr. Vadia appeared in the opposite direction of Naina. He has always been dissatisfied with Class 9F and believes that they are not worthy of going to this aristocratic school. He either ignores them or ruthlessly attacks his enthusiasm and self-esteem. Until his favorite student Akshay told him with show-off that he was using despicable means to falsely accuse Class 9F for cheating. He finally began to stop and examine his so-called successful education, and he also began to see the children in Class 9F.
At the school-wide commendation meeting, he took over Akshay's false accusation and mistakes just as Naina took over the explosion that day, and canceled the decision to expel Class 9F. Finally, he asked Naina to present awards to outstanding students in Class 9F, and Naina and the children cried with joy. The cleverness of the video is not to make Naina herself complain and restore the children’s innocence, but to let Wadia, who has always been in the opposite direction, stand on Naina’s side and restore the children’s innocence. This is the highest level of love and education that the film wants to express. It is not about confrontation, but about standing together to give children equal love.
03 The essence of education is a self-cultivation. Naina's efforts allow her father to "see", the knot in the father-daughter heart is opened, and the relationship between the two is restored.
If Principal Khan is a positive force on Naina's growth path, Naina's father is her negative force. This force made the sunny Naina fall into confrontation with her father for a long time and the two could hardly communicate normally.
1. Naina's father felt that Xiao Naina's embarrassing behavior stung Xiao Naina, causing pain to her childhood.
In the video, unlike Xiao Naina's mother's infinite tolerance for her, the father, who has divorced from her mother, adopted an avoidant attitude. He once wanted to send her to a special school, and even felt that his daughter had embarrassed him, which left scars on Xiao Naina's childhood. Psychologists generally believe that the relationship between children in infancy, childhood and important caregivers, such as mothers, will affect the development of children throughout their lives. Until Nena became an adult, their relationship was still stiff.
I think Naina's hard work is also competing with her father, wanting to prove it to her father so that she can see her own value.
2, Naina finally let her father see her efforts, and she also felt her father's love, and the two reconciled.
After Naina's 9F class was falsely accused of cheating, the father talked to her and told her that he had seen everything she did to the children and was proud of his daughter. The father and daughter reconciled. At this time, Naina felt that her father had finally seen her years of hard work, her value was recognized, and the cognitive damage of losing her father's face in childhood was repaired.
The essence of education is a self-cultivation. While Naina tries hard to see students love students, she also allows her father to see herself again and affirm herself, and her mind is perfected. is loved, love others, and love yourself, and the three form a benign closed loop.
04 Revelation to us
As an Indian video with the theme of love and education, the revelation to us is huge after watching it.
1. Different respect and acceptance are different.
Principal Khan accepted Tourette's disease with his mind and wisdom, and since then she changed her life. Mr. Vadia accepted the children from the slums at the expense of his reputation, cleared them of their innocence, and protected the best student Akshay who made mistakes to give him the opportunity to correct his mistakes. --How valuable.
2, dreams want to persevere
In the film, Naina found a job for 5 years in order to realize her dream of becoming a teacher. During this period, she experienced extraordinary setbacks. However, she ended up retiring as a beloved principal.
3, Don’t care about other people’s eyes
Nina’s Tourette’s disease will attract strange gazes from people around her. Naina said in her monologue at the end of the film, what is Tourette’s disease? Is it convulsions or how we think about life.
Wu Zhihong's external evaluation system and internal evaluation system give clear answers.
People who use external evaluation systems care about other people's evaluations, and even internalize others' evaluations of themselves, thinking that they are such people.
People who use the internal evaluation system do not care much about other people's evaluations. Their motivation for doing things comes from their own hearts and is linked to things themselves.
And what kind of person we want to be is self-evident.
Summary
Indian movie "Hicult" combines Tourette's disease to portray a touching story of a poor student's counterattack. As the mother of a former Tourette's disease patient, she was particularly moved. The topics of love and education discussed in the film have positive significance worldwide.
After watching the movie, I think I will "see" the children more and more attentively in the future parenting journey, because love is "I saw you".
