blog 6 keying:)

While reading about Wittgenstein, I was shocked to know of how he used physical punishments on students, but I was also attracted by some ways of his teaching. The article described that Wittgenstein brought his own microscope to share with students in class, talked about constellations with students at night, and travelled together with students to Vienna. All of these made his teaching alive and could increase students’ intellectual curiosity. Also, an example mentioned in the article described that Wittgenstein wanted to adopt a boy and send him to study in Vienna because of the boy’s learning potential and intelligence. However, his intention was refused by the boy’s parents, which was also interesting to me. I am not sure if it was a good choice for the boy to go to Vienna, but the example inspires me to think about the connections among students, parents and educators. I feel that sometimes both parents and teachers strongly hold their own ideas about how students can be successful, but both of them may lack understandings of students’ difficulties and potential in learning. Also, sometimes parents’ expectations of school teaching and educators’ expectations of parental education cannot be matched very well, which also detrimentally influence students’ studies and development. There is no doubt that both parental education and school teaching play a key role in students’ studies and even in students’ course of life. Therefore, how these two important elements can work well with each other and how parents and teachers can establish and sustain positive connections should always be one of issues focused in the field of education.