21/04/2026
Recently, I posted here about a student who wanted to feel less overwhelmed. Yesterday, we really got to the root of what happened. This girl is in fourth class. When she was in first class, a teacher completely shut her down and shamed her for not being able to answer a question in class. This girl internalised this and for the last few years, she has frozen if she is asked a question. She felt that she 'always got her words wrong.' We worked together to help her realise that it was in fact, her teacher who got their words wrong. I reminded her that grown ups make mistakes too. I am so relieved for her to be no longer carrying this. The amount of adults whom I work with who tell me about being shut down by an adult when they were a child. And they then carry this with them every time they speak.
Delighted that this girl will hopefully be free of that now and will take pride in her own beautiful voice.
