The Ways of Teaching: Rigor and Love ( Compare & Contrast )

       Of the several forms of teaching, the two opposite extremes are teach in rigor and teach in love. If teaching in its fullest form has three parts─ mode, effect and the relationship with kids─ then teach in rigor and teach in love could be called incomplete and complete, respectively.

      At first, we will talk about their different kinds of modes. In a rigorous way, kids will be punished if their scores or behaviors do not accord with their parents’ demand. On the contrary, in the other way, parents will teach their children with love and passion, and they will be willing to listen to their different opinions.

      When it comes to effect, there is also a lot of differences between the two ways. In rigorous teaching, parents put too much pressure on their kids that will make them pretty scared and want to resist. With the way of teaching in love, parents don’t demand their children to do something involuntarily only to satisfy their expectation. They also don’t limit children’s imagination so that they can grow up happily and freely.

      Teaching in rigor and teaching in love, two different kinds of teaching will result in two extremely opposite relationship between parents and children. The former one, kids long term live under the pressure from their parents, they will be more stressed and repressed. When they grow up, they probably would keep a distance between their parents and them deliberately in order to protect themselves. Their relationship won’t be too closed. The latter one, parents respect their kids’ thought and will not force them to change. They always encourage them to do everything they want with their hearts, and they also concern more about their children. With this kind of mode, parents and children’s relationship definitely will be very closed and intimated.