"Mom, you didn't convince me!"

Even in ancient Rome was noticed. collegiality paradox“Every senator is a virtuous man, and together the senate is an evil beast.”

It is said that the whole is not reducible to the sum of its parts; the whole is not composed of its parts at all.

  • The water in the vessel consists of drops, but it is not drops.
  • Lilac oil is a compound of juices from lilac flowers; each of them smells tenderly, and if you smell the liquid of lilac oil, you can even recoil, this smell is so unpleasant.
  • A single migratory bird will never travel as far as a migratory flock.





Yes, the whole is the sum. But the sum not of individual parts, but of their properties, that is, sometimes not even of their properties, but of their relations to other objects. Gathering together, the parts dramatically change the pattern of their previous relationships, in addition, a new pattern of their mutual influence on each other appears.

This pattern I took into account when combining individual and group forms of work in the educational process.

The mother of a 15-year-old schoolgirl, herself a humanitarian educator, told me about the problems of mutual misunderstanding in relations with her daughter, characteristic of this age. She relayed all the details of their last failed conversation and asked me to talk to the girl. My answer was, ‘First, I didn’t have a positive trusting relationship with your daughter, so I wouldn’t be able to be completely sincere with her; second, I would make the same arguments as you. So we're going to do this: I'm going to bring all the girls from the three ninth grades together for an educational hour and discuss a number of topical issues, including yours. I am sure that she will be interested not only in my opinion, but also in other girls, especially those who are authoritative for her. That's it.

The general meeting went well. We had a frank friendly conversation. It was interesting to all present, because the issues raised by many concerned. Our ward was also actively involved in the discussion of various life situations; but when we began to analyze a similar problem, she immediately became quiet and began to observe the reactions of others. Naturally, we came to a common opinion similar to that of her mother. But now she's taken it easy.





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Later, the mother noted in the behavior of the daughter a tendency to greater understanding and a decrease in the degree of youthful nihilism.

After all, the collective is a great force!published



Author: Lyudmila Andrievskaya



P.S. And remember, just by changing your consciousness – together we change the world!

Source: Lyudmila Andrievskaya