“RG” tells about teachers from the regions whose students Putin met – Rossiyskaya Gazeta

The teacher stands behind each student, with his hands on their shoulders. Without what qualities is a true mentor impossible? “No love for children or work,” says Olga Alexandrovna Sokolova, a physics teacher at the N1 Classical Lyceum in Rostov. And she adds that the greatest joy is the success of her student. The Rostov professor knows what he’s talking about. Ninth grader Maria Andreeva, on Knowledge Day, among 30 other best students in the country, was invited to an open lesson “Talking about important things”, led by Vladimir Putin. The conversation lasted more than an hour. An intelligent and interested conversation took place. All children who attended the lesson with the president, winners of various Olympiads and competitions. But any victory is a merit not only of the student, no matter how talented he or she may be. But from your friend, mentor, comrade – teacher! How much is included in a single word and a single person! Happiness and incredible luck, if on your path you found a Master who was able to ignite your heart and mind with ideas, made you fall into love for your subject, made you believe in yourself and, perhaps, radically changed your destiny . Who are they, teachers and mentors of gifted children from different regions of the country? How do they raise geniuses in the provinces? And why do your students succeed in everything? Rossiyskaya Gazeta correspondents present some of them.