jdhmnovel Chapter 205 Differences in Concepts
Chapter 205 Differences in Concepts
However, Master Liu did not end up being Mu Jinyan's mentor.
Before confirming the teacher-student relationship between the two, Master Liu also asked to first examine his student and make a judgment on Mu Jinyan's overall strength.
After the inspection, Master Liu pondered for a while and said, "With the current level of the eldest son, it is fine for him to go directly to the academy."
Mu Sheng said: "But he is only five years old, not even six. Isn't it a little early?"
Mr. Liu said: "The academy does not have a specific age requirement for students to be admitted. Age is just a rough threshold."
Generally speaking, academies accept children over the age of 7, because children of this age can understand what is said, can sit still, and have a certain degree of thinking ability and self-control.
If you ask a child who is too young to sit there and listen to the teacher talking about something he may not be very interested in, he will probably move around and disrupt the class order.
Rules are dead, but people are alive. And although Mu Jinyan is young, he has a calm personality, so you can give it a try.
Mu Sheng came back and told Yun Xi about this. Yun Xi was speechless: "Xie An is 8 years old this year and has just started formally attending school. You let Ah Yan go when he is just over 5 years old? The children in the academy are several years older than him. How can they play together?"
Mu Sheng was even more speechless: "We go to the academy to study, not to play."
"Even if that's the case, then he's studying with kids who are several years older than him. Are those courses suitable for him? What if there's a course he can't catch up with because of his age, and it hits his self-confidence? If he develops a fear mentality or becomes depressed all day, wouldn't that be terrible?"
Mu Sheng thought she was overthinking. Boys, if they can't even withstand a little setback, what great things can they achieve? Even if they fall behind for a while, they can catch up. Can they be discouraged by it? Still afraid? That's because they haven't suffered enough setbacks. They will get used to it after a few more times. Feeling depressed? That's because the schoolwork is too light!
He thought so in his heart, but said, "It's not that serious. When you first enter school, no matter how old you are, you have to go through an adaptation process. Besides, academic performance is always good and bad, and not all children can get first place. If you say so, won't the children at the bottom have to look sad every day?"
Speaking of this, Mu Sheng thought that most of the children in the academy did have stern faces every day. He used to think that this was because the children studied seriously and hard, so they had this expression every day. Now it seems that it is because they are not happy in the academy?
He shook his head, trying to get rid of this terrible thought. On the one hand, psychological fragility is caused by not being beaten enough, and on the other hand, the body is not tempered enough. If the mind and body are tempered at the same time, it should not be like this.
As Mu Sheng thought about it, he adjusted his educational policy towards Mu Jinyan in his mind. He decided to be strict with him in the future and make sure that the child was trained to be beaten, kicked, pulled and dragged.
Yun Xi didn't know yet that her efforts to carefully nurture the healthy growth of the seedlings had the opposite effect. She continued to chatter with Mu Sheng:
"Every child has different psychological tolerance and adjustment abilities. Some children are naturally open-minded, while others are more delicate and sensitive. These are all things that need to be taken into consideration. Our Ah Yan is a sunny and cheerful child. We still have to pay attention and cherish his beautiful character."
Mu Sheng: "Okay, okay."
I will definitely work harder to make him more sunny and cheerful, and not afraid of wind and rain.
Yun Xi: "Of course, we still have to ask Ah Yan's opinion first. Does he want to enter school early, or study at home? Even if he chooses to enter school with Xie An, he should be given a chance to make mistakes. If he can't adapt to the academy, he can come back home and go again in two years."
Mu Sheng: "Okay, okay."
Yun Xi added: "After you mentioned this to me, I thought about it again. I heard Xie An mention this Master Liu before. He liked him very much. I think this Master Liu should be a good teacher."
Mu Sheng: “…”
His and Yun Xi’s ideas are really very different.
When they evaluate the quality of a teacher, they do not look at whether the students like the teacher, but rather whether the teacher is serious and responsible, whether he or she is strict and harsh with the students, and whether he or she has the courage to use a ruler to hit the students' hands. After all, many of the children are noblemen from wealthy families, and some teachers may be afraid of power and dare not take action.
They also look at whether the teacher assigns a lot of homework. The more homework the teacher assigns, the more responsible the teacher is.
Under this evaluation standard, a good teacher may be respected by students, but most likely he will not be liked by students. A teacher who is liked by students is most likely not a good teacher. Or at least not a good teacher recognized by parents.
Of course, Master Liu was a special case. He and Xie Lang had both tried Master Liu's class, and he was really good at educating young children, which was lively and vivid without being rigid. But by the same token, Master Liu was not suitable to be a teacher in the academy, as his teaching style was completely incompatible with the atmosphere of the academy.
He asked Yun Xi: "What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that even if Ah Yan wants to go to the academy and doesn't need Master Liu to teach him, we can still hire him to teach my father first, and then teach Le Le in a few years."
Mu Sheng: “…”
Yun Xi was thinking that her father had never received a systematic education before, and now that he was a marquis, he was also trying to learn and improve himself. Wouldn’t it be great if he could have a teacher to teach him?
Mu Sheng was thinking, would his father-in-law be angry when he saw the teacher he sent? Would he be angry at him? Would he think he looked down on others? How could he convince his father-in-law that this matter really had nothing to do with him?
How should he talk to Master Liu about hiring a teacher for his father-in-law?
Seeing that he was silent, Yun Xi thought that Master Liu had some requirements for his students, so she said, "If Master Liu doesn't want to, forget it."
"I haven't asked yet, so I don't know if he's willing or not. But, Xixi, will my father-in-law be unhappy if I invite a gentleman to his place?"
Yun Xi: "...Why is my father unhappy?"
"...Doing this is like telling your father-in-law that your level is not good enough and you need to learn and improve. Will your father-in-law be unhappy?"
"Are you thinking too much?"
Considering that Mu Sheng might have his own concerns as a son-in-law, Yun Xi said, "I will talk to my father about this. You just need to ask Master Liu if he is willing. Also, if he becomes my father's teacher, he may not be able to teach in the house every day like teaching a child. He needs a more flexible teaching method, or he can follow my father's teaching, or some other method."
"The kind you are talking about can be called a master, which is a bit like a staff member?"
Yun Xi thought about it, nodded, and said, "My father's main business is farming. It's a bit exaggerated to say that he is an aide. Anyway, it's like this. Let's see if he is willing. When Lele is three years old, we will invite him to come and teach Lele. Of course, if he is not willing, forget it. My father can also make progress by himself."
Mu Sheng: "...he made rapid progress by exploring on his own."
This is not an exaggeration. Father Yun is really amazing. From a commoner, he became a marquis. He adapted very quickly and is changing from passive to active.
Master Liu, who was curious about the legendary life of Marquis Yimin, agreed to Mu Sheng's proposal as soon as he heard it.
There is no discrimination in teaching, and he was willing to try to teach an adult student, let alone the Marquis of Yimin.
In the following days, Master Liu first moved into the general's mansion, preparing to go to the Yimin Marquis's mansion under the introduction of the general.
The general ordered people to prepare a small courtyard in the outer courtyard for Master Liu. During the waiting time, he also taught Mu Jinyan to read and freed Mu Xuan.
In the past two days, Yun Xi has taken the time to look at her future jewelry store and gave her opinions on the interior design. After that, she has nothing to do.
She said to Mu Sheng, "Now that I've checked out the shops, I'll leave the rest to you. I'll take Ayan and Lele to stay at the farm for a few days."
After thinking for a while, she said, "You can take us there tomorrow, and bring Master Liu with you and introduce him to my father."
Mu Sheng: "...Okay."
Yun Xi first sent someone to deliver a letter to the Yimin Marquis' Mansion, letting the old man know that she would leave for the farm tomorrow and inviting him to go with her.
The people who came back said, "The Marquis has been at the farm. The wheat harvest is coming soon. He won't be back in the near future."
Early the next morning, the group set out in a mighty procession.
Xinzhuangzi was a bit far away, and halfway through the journey, Yun Xi wanted to slap her forehead.
Infrastructure work is tedious and complicated. She did not make a systematic plan. She just did things haphazardly, doing whatever she thought of.
Actually, this couldn't be blamed on her. It was mainly because she had a low starting point and could do anything she wanted. She hadn't reached the point where she had to make a systematic plan. Besides, she thought, maybe the emperor could do it?
The bumpy ride reminded her of building roads with cement.
She lifted the car curtain and asked Mu Sheng: "Why don't you use cement to build roads?"
"Because the quantity is not enough. Now it is mainly used to build water conservancy facilities and city walls. As for road construction, we have to wait."
"Tsk tsk, this is inefficient. It's been such a long time, and they can't even get enough cement to build a road."
Yun Xi complained to Mu Sheng, her face full of anger at his lack of fighting spirit.
"You have to think of a way. We will have to take this road often in the future. It's too bumpy."
Mu Sheng: "...Okay, I'll think of a way."
Xixi didn't often make requests to him, so since she did, he should just agree.
Master Liu was sitting in the carriage at the back, listening to the couple's conversation, and he also sighed: "Tsk tsk, the general's husband is not strong enough."