“It’s a party in the village” is the favorite expression of one of the teachers at my school. An exceptional woman. I know that sometimes, in education, we go crazy with superlatives and compliments, but here, I swear to you in all seriousness that we are really talking about the exception. Rarely have I seen a woman who had the power to literally light up the place where she landed, like a tinkerbell of kindness. It was easy for me to know where she was in the school, because I only had to listen to the cries of the children who chanted “Dodo, Dodo” as soon as they saw the tip of her nose.
Posted yesterday at 9:00 a.m.
Madame Dodo, her name is Madame Dodo, our fairy at our school.
June 23 will be the last day she will be with her students. Selfishly, we all wanted her to stay, but she gave so much. In fact, more than 36 years of his life. You know, reader, the only consensus in education is that student success is directly related to the bond of attachment that the teacher can create with his student. There is no reform, no educational workbook, or no professional activity that can beat that.
The link.
What is said little in education is that being able to create a link is difficult to learn in universities.
Oh, there are many pedagogy courses that address this aspect, but nothing can beat the magic that comes from creating a strong bond of trust between a child and his teacher.
A child who feels safe and loved is the basis for him to get up in the morning and run with joy to his school. When a child is accepted in their differences and pushed to maximize their potential, they are happy. We are not talking here about pampering and pampering the child, we are talking about securing him and believing in his abilities. And for this magic to work, ideally, the child must feel that his teacher is solid, loving and, not insignificantly, that she has a solid sense of humor to play down small worries.
I could talk for hours about the qualities of Madame Dodo, but what strikes us most is her kindness, her love for her profession and her real concern that the student feel immense well-being as soon as he places his little foot in his class.
Watching him twirl around in his class, we think that teaching is sometimes the best job in the world. The most rewarding job and the most essential job there is.
It is true that now teachers are overloaded with multiple tasks and have more than full days. It’s not an easy job, but it makes sense. You know, reader, if we take away the hours of sleep, a child will spend as much time at school as at home, if not more; hence the importance of worrying about your happiness.
School should be his second home of happiness.
And, moreover, when the owner of this house is called Madame Dodo, its base will be solid, its windows will be open to the world and it will have a roof to face all bad weather.
Thank you, Madame Dodo, for having brightened up Lanaudière school for so many years. You will have to come back to see us so that all the children, young or old, accept your departure.
Good retirement ! We love you !