Rural teachers' winter holiday memories | Zhao Shufang: Let education blossom into a brilliant flower of hope

Editor's note: "The day is not everywhere, youth comes from just now; moss flowers are as small as rice, and peonies are also learned." "This is a true portrayal of the vast majority of small-scale rural schools. In the past 2021, the reporter went from Yinan to Yuncheng, and then from Zhuanhua to Yiyuan squatting, witnessing many educators with feelings taking root in the countryside, and they are working hard to make up for the gap with glimmer and help rural children grow better. The family sits idly and the lights are amiable, which is the ideal state for the Spring Festival reunion. In small-scale rural schools in many parts of Shandong, countless rural principals and teachers are rushing to the homes of students in remote rural areas that lead to the middle of the mountain, and they want to use their precious winter vacation time to go to their children's homes and enter their children's hearts. From now on, the Qilu Evening News Qilu One-Point "Youth Talk" column will successively launch the "Winter Holiday Memories of Rural Principals/Teachers", focusing on what rural teachers see, hear and feel during home visits, light up the dreams of rural children, and inject strength into rural revitalization. The following is the winter holiday record of Zhao Shufang, a teacher at Zhangxiao Central Primary School in Hutou Town, Yinan County:

Sunny, January 29, 2022

The winter morning was filled with a little chill, walking through the winding path, Zhang Moumou's home jumped into front of him, and the child's grandfather was already waiting at the door.

Entering the house, the child came out of his hut, and my arrival made him a little restrained, he was slightly red with a small face and bowed his head and said: "Hello teacher!" I nodded, touched his little brain, asked about the completion of his vacation homework, and looked at where he was studying. Looking around, in the small room, barely able to accommodate the next dilapidated desk, the study environment is simple, seeing here, I also sighed in my heart.

I turned my head and picked up the homework to check it, pointed out a few places for him, and talked to the child's grandfather about the safety of winter vacation, the prevention of carbon monoxide poisoning and anti-skating problems, etc. The child's grandfather said that he would actively cooperate with the school work and supervise the child's safety. I went on to say a few words: "The child has improved a lot this semester, and he seems to be a bit introverted before, but then he began to actively answer questions in class, which is a big improvement." In fact, the learning attitude is very important, only if the learning attitude is correct, the grades can be gradually improved. I need to pay attention to the writing problem, and during this holiday season, I hope you can supervise and send me the practice situation. Grandpa nodded in response. At the same time, it also showed his difficulties. It turned out that the child's parents could not tutor the child's learning because of intellectual problems, and they were also unable to do so, hoping that I could tutor the child's learning more. I nodded my head, "Rest assured, I will do my best to tutor my children, this is my responsibility." "Then I talked to grandpa about ways to supervise children's learning, which will be of greater help to children's learning and growth."

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye a morning was over. I got up and patted the child's shoulder and instructed: "Study hard, review the knowledge we have learned this semester, and believe that you will make greater progress!" The child nodded sensibly: "Thank you teacher!" ”

On the way home, I deeply reflected on my own growth and shortcomings in teaching work. Teachers, preaching and solving problems, but as teachers in the new era, on the basis of their own work, they have an additional task: educating people. For the special family situation of Mr. Zhang, in addition to teaching him knowledge, it is more important to give him the motivation to learn, so that children realize that learning needs to rely on their own efforts and strong will to overcome difficulties, and only in this way can they succeed. The road is at the foot, hope is ahead, the majority of educators should be more down-to-earth, practice what they preach, do their own work at the same time, let education blossom into a brilliant flower of hope.