Reflection – Storytelling

Challenge & Selection    Storytelling is powerful and influential. I used to be a teacher, so my job is to teach students what they  need and educate them how to be a good citizen. However, there are still some of them not studying  hard or feeling unconfident because of their poor family background or campus bully. I once spend a  lot of time communicating with their parents and chatting with them in order to change their attitude  towards study, but they do not work well, because students themselves do not realize the significance  of learning until I start to tell stories one day. I share stories about some students I once taught before  and even invite them to share their experiences how they overcome difficulties when studying and  why they insist on when facing obstacles. Gradually, I find that students in my class are encouraged  and positive. They understand that if they want to make their dreams come true in the future, they  need to make effort and enrich themselves. More importantly, some of them make study groups and  supervise each other to study hard. At that time, I feel the power of storytelling and use this strategy  to educate my students who are demotivated.    Application    Now, I will share one of my stories. In the second year of being a teacher, there was a student, named  Tommy, and he was smart and introvertive. When he was in primary school, he often ditched classes  due to school bully, so he could not catch up with his classmates when entering middle school and  was unwilling to make friends, either. Although I told my students to be friendly to Tommy and help  him with his study, Tommy only liked to live in his own world.     By accident, I found that he loved reading, and his parents told me that he was only fond of going to  library in his spare time. As a result, in the break time, I told him a story about I always read novels  when I was in primary school, and I also won several prizes in the composition contest, which made  me popular and confident. I told him that I did not like making friends in childhood either, but I found  that, in fact, all my classmates were really concerned about me and appreciated my talent of writing.  Gradually, Tommy asked for help when he met difficulties in study, and more importantly he often  chatted with me about what he wrote. He was still shy, but he began playing with his classmates and  sharing books that he loved. With my encouragement, he also tried to publish his poems in magazines.    Insight & Approach    The story goes that I told Tommy when I was a child, my teacher always encouraged me to write what  I felt and what I saw. She even praised my composition in the class and recommended me to  participate in the contest of writing. When I knew that I achieved the first prize in the contest, the first  person I want to be grateful was my teacher. Then, I gradually became confident and enjoyed  friendship at school. From that time, Tommy studied hard and now, he has been successfully admitted  to university and majored in literature.     From him, I see the power of storytelling, but it does not mean to randomly tell a story but help listeners

understand the idea what I express. People like to listen to stories, because they imagine that they  are one of the characters in stories. Every story is small, but it has a big effect to change people, and  that is why so many individuals are thirsty to know stories behind stuff. As a teacher, I will try various  ways to teach my students, but storytelling is one of the most essential strategies that I would like to  apply.


Reflection – Storytelling Challenge & Selection Storytelling is powerful and influential . I used to be a teacher , so my job is to teach students what they need and educate them how to be a good citizen . However , there are still some of them not studying hard or feeling unconfident because of their poor family background or campus bully . I once spend a lot of time communicating with their parents and chatting with them in order to change their attitude towards study , but they do not work well , because students themselves do not realize the significance of learning until I start to tell stories one day . I share stories about some students I once taught before and even invite them to share their experiences how they overcome difficulties when studying and why they insist on when facing obstacles . Gradually , I find that students in my class are encouraged and positive . They understand that if they want to make their dreams come true in the future , they need to make effort and enrich themselves . More importantly , some of them make study groups and supervise each other to study hard . At that time , I feel the power of storytelling and use this strategy to educate my students who are demotivated . Application Now , I will share one of my stories . In the second year of being a teacher , there was a student , named Tommy , and he was smart and introvertive . When he was in primary school , he often ditched classes due to school bully , so he could not catch up with his classmates when entering middle school and was unwilling to make friends , either . Although I told my students to be friendly to Tommy and help him with his study , Tommy only liked to live in his own world . By accident , I found that he loved reading , and his parents told me that he was only fond of going to library in his spare time . As a result , in the break time , I told him a story about I always read novels when I was in primary school , and I also won several prizes in the composition contest , which made me popular and confident . I told him that I did not like making friends in childhood either , but I found that , in fact , all my classmates were really concerned about me and appreciated my talent of writing . Gradually , Tommy asked for help when he met difficulties in study , and more importantly he often chatted with me about what he wrote . He was still shy , but he began playing with his classmates and sharing books that he loved . With my encouragement , he also tried to publish his poems in magazines . Insight & Approach The story goes that I told Tommy when I was a child , my teacher always encouraged me to write what I felt and what I saw . She even praised my composition in the class and recommended me to participate in the contest of writing . When I knew that I achieved the first prize in the contest , the first person I want to be grateful was my teacher . Then , I gradually became confident and enjoyed friendship at school . From that time , Tommy studied hard and now , he has been successfully admitted to university and majored in literature . From him , I see the power of storytelling , but it does not mean to randomly tell a story but help listeners understand the idea what I express . People like to listen to stories , because they imagine that they are one of the characters in stories . Every story is small , but it has a big effect to change people , and that is why so many individuals are thirsty to know stories behind stuff . As a teacher , I will try various ways to teach my students , but storytelling is one of the most essential strategies that I would like to apply .