Be the Change @ 黃維尼×納達特

作者: 納達特

在工作時，有許多機會接觸到國外的心智障礙者相關議題、新聞。
有時候看到感人的故事，真的會忍不住眼眶泛淚。因為個性比較多愁善感，
要在辦公室裡忍住自己的情緒、不噴淚真的很難，所以常偷偷拿面紙擦拭眼角。

今天看到這則新聞時，感覺又一湧而上，寫了一小段文，
因為要獻給我的外國朋友，所以同時寫了中文和英文來分享。

中文:

成為老師最棒的事，是你在啟發學生的同時，你也被他們的反饋而激發出新的見解。
看到這則故事時，讓我想起了我的兩位朋友Chadgar女士和 William Doran，他們運用所學來幫助身邊的人。

Chadgar女士有超過30年的教學經歷。
目前，她是印度動畫學院Arena Animation and Multimedia 的Jayanagar Bangalore分院院長，
總是支持學生大膽做夢。在她的鼓勵之下，許多學生也因此成功地成為動畫師與電影剪輯師。
除此之外，2016年的11月，Chadgar女士和學生共同創立了一個公益專案"No Shave Novemer"，
為物資貧乏、生活困苦的癌症病童募集生活用品、書和玩具。感人的是，
男性的學生在11月份都留著鬍子，因為他們將購買刮鬍用品的錢省下來捐給病童。
看著Chadgar女士在醫院為孩童探病的照片時，真的被她的愛心深受感動。

另一位好朋友- William Doran, 一位優秀的鋼琴家，也是一位鋼琴老師。學生數量超過30人，
而且年齡層廣泛，從5歲到中年人都有。其中有幾位學生是自閉症者，須由家長陪同上課。
以我過去從事藝文的工作經驗來看，音樂可以幫助心智障礙者建立自信，並對他們的生活有許多正面的影響。

我看過許多自閉症者、唐氏症者成功地成為舞台劇演員。
感謝世界上所有的老師付出，讓世界變得更好!

英文:

One of amazing things about being a teacher is that you can be inspired by your students while you are inspiring them. This news story reminds me of some great achievements that my friends Mrs. Chadgar and William Doran have done for the next generation.

Mrs. Chadgar is the principal of Arena Animation and Multimedia, Jayanagar Bangalore in India. She has been teaching for more than thirty years. She always encourages her students to pursue their dreams. Now, many of her former students have gone on to become successful animators and movie editors. Additionally, she held a charity project with her students called “No Shave November” in 2016. In order to support kids with cancer who live in poor conditions, all of Mrs. Chadgar’s male students not only saved money by refraining from buying shaving products in November, but they also collected materials, books, and toys to donate to them. I was inspired by her kindness when I saw the pictures of her students visiting the cancer patients.

William Doran is a great musician as well as piano teacher. He has more than 30 students, ranging in age from five to middle aged. Some of them have special needs and their parents must come with them to lessons. Based on my experience with the arts, music can not only help people with intellectual disabilities build self-confidence, but it can also have other positive impacts on their lives. I’ve seen many people with Down syndrome and autism become successful stage actors.

Thanks to Mrs. Chadgar and William Doran for your influences and inspirations. I've learned a lot from you two. Thank you to all the teachers of the world for your efforts to make the world a better place!