China's calligraphy has a history of thousands of years. There are many classic inscriptions, which are very selective. It is a very good teaching material for learners. A good calligraphy teacher will choose posts according to the specific situation of students, while a poor calligraphy teacher will cure all diseases and only teach the copybooks that he is good at.
The worst is the textbook written by modern people, especially the recommended teacher is very powerful and the textbook written is very good. Some chain stores will also say that using this set of teaching materials will get face-to-face guidance from teachers.
If you use the textbook written by the teacher, you must see what kind of words you choose. If the selected model essay is on the classic tablet and interpreted by the teacher, it is ok. What I fear most is that the classics leave no trace, and all belong to the teacher alone. Don't choose this one.
I have read the textbooks used in our school. Some of them are good. They all introduce great calligraphers of past dynasties, and some of them are very poor. Some poorly written words are used as demonstration exercises for students. Those words are far from artistic and have no aesthetic function.
The second measure: look at the teaching attitude.
When choosing the first meeting, we can judge their attitude by some simple questions.
When is the best time to start learning calligraphy? Because calligraphy is a long-term learning process, and there are certain requirements for physiological functions, not as early as possible. If the teacher tells you that you can be two or three years old, it may be purely for making money. A rational teacher will tell you that it is not too late to start learning calligraphy at the age of six or seven. If there are conditions at home in the early stage, you can do some proper edification, but you don't have to force your child to practice calligraphy formally too early. Is calligraphy fast? If the teacher answers that you have, as long as you sign up for study, you can learn calligraphy well soon. Please turn and leave. After paying the money, you will probably get a water ticket. It takes a hundred days for a word to work. Anyone who has studied calligraphy knows that there is really nothing fast in calligraphy, only hard practice. How long will it take? Nowadays, many advertisements on the Internet spend dozens of hours and dozens of days practicing good words, which is a psychological war aimed at people's eagerness to achieve success. If the teacher publicizes and promises that you can practice good handwriting in a short time, then you are likely to be disappointed.
The third measure: look at the attitude of the exam.
This is another common problem of modern people. More than 80% of parents will let their children take the exam, and many teachers will follow suit and make the exam very big. Seriously, in the eyes of professional calligraphy teachers, grading examination is of no value at all, and there are only economic benefits.
At this stage, exams are basically necessary, and teachers have a set of coping strategies. Just practice the content of the exam, write it formally and neatly, and take the exam for the exam. This is completely putting the cart before the horse.
Although graded examination has the function of testing learning effect, at present, due to imperfect supervision and various factors, there are many graded examination institutions, most of which must pass every exam, which loses the real significance of graded examination. Some students came to me and said, teacher, I passed Grade Five. Let him write a few words and see if he can't even pass the basic skills.
The fourth measure: look at the attitude of the game.
Don't be confused by a lot of awards or medals put by the organization. The secret is to look at the awarding unit. If it is an unknown Jianghu organization or there is no awarding unit at all, there will be no more medals.
The same is true for participating in competitions. In order to create the illusion of excellent teaching effect, some institutions spend money to participate in various Jianghu competitions and get certificates. But now there are too many such institutions, and people often call me or send messages to ask me to organize students to participate in competitions. Each student pays a registration fee of tens of dollars, and he can get a 50% rebate. This competition certificate ranking is randomly assigned, as long as you want to give as much as possible.
Look at the certificate also depends on the issuing authority. Not many certificates. A certificate from an authoritative organization is worth 100 certificates from Jianghu organizations. Therefore, if the certificates issued by the calligraphy class teacher are all Jianghu units, you can leave directly.
The fifth measure: look at the teacher's background.
If you can pass the first four points, generally speaking, this teacher is good and has the basic literacy of calligraphy. Because we can't find a famous teacher at once, and some famous teachers don't necessarily teach well when they write well, Jia Qiang has always stressed that we are looking for a famous teacher, not a famous teacher.
A teacher who knows the truth knows the correct truth of calligraphy, so he won't lead students astray. This is very important. If you go in the wrong direction, you will be in trouble in the future. Therefore, a correct outlook on life is a good teacher.
Of course, learning calligraphy depends on writing, but beginners don't know how to judge whether a teacher's calligraphy is competent for teaching. I met many classmates and thought it was a good word to fly while dancing, even if it was frivolous and powerless, I didn't know how to recognize it. They often buy some Jianghu calligraphy from the roadside and regard it as a treasure.
It is best to see the teacher's demonstration on the spot, and then find out whether the teacher really likes calligraphy or just takes teaching calligraphy as a temporary way to survive, because it is difficult to teach calligraphy well without deep love.
And you need to accumulate a lot, all kinds of fonts, all kinds of calligraphy history, all kinds of words, all kinds of inscriptions. Do you want to be with a knowledgeable teacher, or with a teacher who only knows a little?
The answer must be very obvious. So you can know how many fonts a teacher can write, how many fonts he can teach, which fonts he is good at, common knowledge about calligraphy and so on.
Master the above five tricks, and you can basically choose a good calligraphy class or teacher.