Below is an interview with a Korean man, Yang Hyun Suk, who cultivates and and nurture young talented celebrities.
Concluding the interview, he said, “People say that I’m stingy with compliments but I think it’s definite that a YG trainee is talented and good. I have to play the bad guy that criticizes what they lack in the middle. Teens, however, always want to be praised in their hearts, and since I’m always only criticizing them, it hurts their feelings… If I always praise them and compliment them when they’re in their teens, they have a tendency to just settle for where they’re at. In the end, they’re going to be using what they learned during their training period for the rest of their lives as singers because there’s no time to practice once you actually debut. There’s a time and place for practicing.”
I feel that his statement matches the style of what my English teacher at Sec 4 , Mrs Lee, has been doing. No one is able to verify whether this way of teaching is right or wrong. But, as a teenager, as someone who may be taught through a way like this, thoughts begin to run in my mind. Every teen, or even the adults, like to listen to compliments. I do see it is quite true, that some people will just settle for where they're at if they get praises and compliements, even for myself. Does it really do us good and make us better if we receive criticisms from our mentors?
