His talent in cultural classes is average, and English is his biggest problem.
But Li Rui has very good high jumping talent and painting talent.
He can play well with Chu Xiaoran and Liu Peng, but he is not a sports expert.
Situations like Li Rui's are quite common.
Not every child with outstanding sports talent will be guided towards the path of sports talents at a very young age.
There are many reasons for this.
Maybe the parents don't allow it, maybe the school PE teacher doesn't notice, or maybe the child doesn't want to.
Therefore, Li Rui's high jump talent has not been developed.
He just became a kid on the basketball court.
When he first saw Li Rui's painting talent, Xu Jie was wondering, had he ever been exposed to painting before?
If so, what kind of contact was it?
Is it the classical oriental landscape painting?
Or the modern Western oil painting from life?
Only now did Xu Jie know that Li Rui had already been exposed to painting and was very good at it.
It's a pity that Xu Jie doesn't know how to paint, so he has no way of knowing what level his sketch would be in the eyes of professionals.
After all, his so-called painting is good, but he only looks at it from the perspective of an ordinary person.
When it comes to appreciating art works, sometimes the views and opinions of professionals and ordinary viewers can be said to be completely different.
For example, some movies and TV series.
The so-called professionals thought the filming was very good and the actors' performances were very good.
But in the eyes of the audience, it is just a piece of shit.
Another example is some music.
The so-called professionals think it is the sound of nature.
But to the listener's ears, it's just noise.
The same is true for paintings.
Some paintings are considered very good by professionals, but in the eyes of ordinary viewers, what is this painting about?
Such as Picasso's paintings.
Some people regard it as a treasure.
What about most ordinary people?
You understand shit!
In Xu Jie's eyes, this sketch by Li Rui is an excellent work.
This is his view from the perspective of an ordinary person.
Do you want him to tell you what's good about it? Tell him why?
There is no way for him to visualize it.
However, these did not affect his appreciation of Li Rui.
He smiled slightly and said: "The painting is very good."
"How long have you been studying?"
Li Rui sat opposite Xu Jie and breathed a sigh of relief.
Teacher Xu didn't ask him why he didn't attend class well, but he still had time to draw during class?
This attitude is no different from how I treated other students before.
This gave him more expectations for his future.
He was able to play with Chu Xiaoran and the others because they were already very familiar with each other.
He is always a little shy in front of people he doesn't know well.
He is the kind of person who has no scruples in making jokes with acquaintances, but when meeting strangers or unfamiliar people, he becomes shy and doesn't talk much.
Xu Jie's attitude made him willing to communicate with him.
He smiled shyly and said, "I have been studying on and off for more than a year."
“During the winter vacation of my freshman year of high school, I was bored at home and was watching Bilibili videos, and by chance I came across a young lady who taught painting.”
"Seeing her sketches one after another, I think they are very beautiful."
"So I started to learn from her with itchy hands."
"When she doesn't broadcast, I go to other up teachers who teach painting."
"Gradually, I found that I actually liked the feeling of expressing what I saw and thought in the form of painting."
Seeing the shy smile on Li Rui's face and listening to what he said, Xu Jie was shocked.
He thought Li Rui had signed up for a class and learned from a professional art teacher?
Was he actually self-taught?
This was something Xu Jie didn't expect.
But then he thought about it.
Nowadays, many up owners on the Internet actually play the role of teachers.
They teach some professional knowledge for free on the Internet, and they can also influence children like Li Rui.
The Internet has two sides.
Some people can only have fun on it, while others can use the Internet to learn.
Everyone's pursuits and ideals are different.
Xu Jie doesn't know much about painting, and he doesn't know whether being able to teach himself like this in more than a year is considered fast or slow, good or bad.
He smiled again and asked, "Do you really like it?"
"Um."
Li Rui nodded.
Everyone has their own preferences.
He has never had such a high degree of concentration and devotion to his studies in cultural classes as he did to painting.
Even if he only holds a 2b pencil in his hand, he still wants to use the brush in his hand to draw out what he sees in front of him and what he imagines in his mind.
"Have you ever thought about what you will do after learning to draw?" Xu Jie asked with a smile.
Li Rui thought for a while and said: "I want to learn the basics of painting first, and then learn animation production."
"Or just be an illustrator."
“I don’t have a very clear idea yet.”
"Have you ever told your family about these ideas?" Xu Jie asked.
Although he knew the answer in his heart, he still had to ask the question.
As expected.
Li Rui had a wry smile and helplessness on his face.
"Said."
"But my parents don't support it."
Xu Jie understood and asked again: "Did they say anything? Or have you ever thought about why?"
Perhaps it was precisely because of the lack of support from his family that he did not study hard and skipped classes to play ball.
Xu Jie is not surprised.
Li Rui scratched his head and said:
"My parents run a small business and don't know much about painting or sketching."
“I don’t have any relatives or friends in my family who are engaged in or understand this industry.”
"In their view, I am not doing my job properly and I am not knowledgeable or skilled."
"My dad tells me to study hard every day, saying that if I get into college in the future, it will make him look good."
"What he keeps saying every day is that our old Li family has never had a college student."
"Every day I hope that I can get into a good university."
"It seems that if I get admitted to university, I will really be able to honor my ancestors!"
There was resentment in Li Rui's heart, and Xu Jie could hear it.
Situations like his are too common in the Dragon Kingdom!
Many parents, when they were in school, their grades were a mess.
I just hope that my children can go to school well and get into a good university to make up for the shortcomings of my youth.
They always want to pin their unfinished dreams on their children.
But the child's own preferences and wishes are ignored.
Some parents, limited by their own level of knowledge, experience, and lack of understanding of the industries their children are interested in, just want them to study hard and make progress every day.
Nip their true preferences in the cradle.
Too many children with unusual talents waste their talents in vain.
Xu Jie has always believed that everyone is born with meaning.
Some people are suitable for taking this path of learning.
Some people just can't make it this way.
But those with good family conditions and open-minded parents are, after all, very few.
Xu Jie knows that there are many, many children like Li Rui whose preferences and talents have been suppressed by their parents.
(I’m quite busy today, so I’ll write again when I go back the rest of the evening)